Sabres hoping to come out of the NHL’s Christmas break with a win over the Atlantic Division leader
12/23/23 – 7:30 pm EST at Key Bank Center in Buffalo, NY
Record
Buffalo – 14-17-4 | 32 points – 7th place in Atlantic Division
Boston – 19-7-6 | 44 points – 1st place in Atlantic Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 14.1% (26th)
Penalty Kill - 80.2% (15th)
Boston
Power Play – 24.5% (7th)
Penalty Kill - 85.8% (3rd)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Rasmus Dahlin: 34 GP, 10 G, 19 A, 29 PTS
Casey Mittelstadt: 35 GP, 9 G, 20 A, 29 PTS
Jeff Skinner: 32 GP, 14 G, 11 A, 25 PTS
Boston
David Pastrnak: 32 GP, 20 G, 24 A, 44 PTS
Brad Marchand: 32 GP, 13 G, 15 A, 28 PTS
Charlie Coyle: 32 GP, 10 G, 11 A, 21 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Devon Levi (7-4-2, 3.25 GAA, .892 save %)
Boston – Jeremy Swayman (9-2-4, 2.25 GAA, .928 save %)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Buffalo
Forwards
Jeff Skinner-Tage Thompson-Alex Tuch
JJ Peterka-Dylan Cozens-Jack Quinn
Jordan Greenway-Casey Mittelstadt-Zach Benson
Victor Olofsson-Peyton Krebs-Kyle Okposo
Ex. Tyson Jost, Eric Robinson
Defense
Rasmus Dahlin-Mattias Samuelsson
Owen Power–Connor Clifton
Ryan Johnson - Erik Johnson
Ex. Henri Jokiharju
Goaltenders
Devon Levi
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Eric Comrie
Injuries
Zemgus Girgensons (IR)
Boston
Forwards
Danton Heinen – Pavel Zacha – David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand – Charlie Coyle – Jake DeBrusk
James van Riemsdyk – Morgan Geekie – Trent Frederic
Jakub Lauko – John Beecher – Patrick Brown
Defense
Hampus Lindholm – Charlie McAvoy
Mason Lohrei – Brandon Carlo
Parker Wotherspoon – Kevin Shattenkirk
Goaltenders
Jeremy Swayman
Linus Ullmark
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