Buffalo open their three-game California road swing after going 3-3 on their six-game homestand
1/23/24 – 10 pm EST at Honda Center in Anaheim, CA
Record
Buffalo – 20-22-4 | 44 points – 7th place in Atlantic Division
Anaheim – 15-30-1 | 31 points – 7th place in Pacific Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 14.3% (26th)
Penalty Kill – 80.1% (17th)
Anaheim
Power Play – 18.5% (21st)
Penalty Kill - 77.3% (23rd)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Casey Mittelstadt: 46 GP, 12 G, 27 A, 39 PTS
Rasmus Dahlin: 45 GP, 13 G, 24 A, 37 PTS
Jeff Skinner: 38 GP, 17 G, 16 A, 33 PTS
Anaheim
Frank Vatrano: 46 GP, 21 G, 12 A, 33 PTS
Troy Terry: 43 GP, 11 G, 20 A, 31 PTS
Mason McTavish: 39 GP, 13 G, 15 A, 28 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (11-10-2, 2.61 GAA, .908 save %)
Anaheim – John Gibson (8-19-0, 3.10 GAA, .899 save %)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Buffalo (Projected)
Forwards
Jeff Skinner-Tage Thompson-Alex Tuch
JJ Peterka-Dylan Cozens-Jack Quinn
Zach Benson-Casey Mittelstadt-Jordan Greenway
Zemgus Girgensons-Peyton Krebs- Kyle Okposo
Ex. Eric Robinson, Victor Olofsson
Defense
Mattias Samuelsson-Rasmus Dahlin
Ryan Johnson-Owen Power
Henri Jokiharju-Connor Clifton
Ex. Jacob Bryson
Goaltenders
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Devon Levi
Injured
Erik Johnson - day-to-day(upper body)
Notes
Rasmus Dahlin has notched eight points (2+6) in eight career games against the Ducks, including two assists in each of his last two games against Anaheim.
Alex Tuch has registered two points in each of his last two games against the Ducks (1+3).
In his last two games against Anaheim, Dylan Cozens has notched three points (2+1) and he needs one point in tonight’s game to earn a three-game point streak against the Ducks.
Jeff Skinner and Tage Thompson have each recorded one point in back-to-back games against the Ducks (1+1) and a point in tonight’s game would give them a three-game point streak against Anaheim. Skinner has registered 13 points (7+6) in his last 13 games against Anaheim.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has made 55 saves on 60 shots (.917) in two career games against the Ducks.
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