Buffalo hoping to continue their winning ways after a 4-2 victory in Chicago
10/22/24 at 7:00 pm at Key Bank Center in Buffalo, NY
Record
Buffalo – 2-4-1 | 5 points – 7th place in Atlantic Division
Dallas – 5-1-0 | 10 points – 2nd place in Central Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 0.0% (T-31st)
Penalty Kill – 72.7% (27th)
Dallas
Power Play – 11.1% (29th)
Penalty Kill - 95.2% (1st)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Alex Tuch: 7 GP, 2 G, 5 A, 7 PTS
JJ Peterka: 5 GP, 4 G, 2 A, 6 PTS
Tage Thompson: 7 GP, 4 G, 2 A, 6 PTS
Dallas
Roope Hintz: 6 GP, 3 G, 4 A, 7 PTS
Logan Stankoven: 6 GP, 0 G, 7 A, 7 PTS
Mason Marchment: 6 GP, 2 G, 4 A, 6 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (1-2-1, 3.26 GAA, .895 save %)
Dallas – Jake Oettinger (4-0-0, 1.48 GAA, .953 save %)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Buffalo
Forwards
JJ Peterka-Tage Thompson-Alex Tuch
Jiri Kulich-Dylan Cozens-Jack Quinn
Jason Zucker-Ryan McLeod-Jordan Greenway
Beck Malenstyn-Peyton Krebs-Sam Lafferty
Defense
Rasmus Dahlin-Henri Jokiharju
Bowen Byram-Owen Power
Mattias Samuelsson-Connor Clifton
Ex. Dennis Gilbert, Jacob Bryson
Goaltenders
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Devon Levi
Injuries
Nicolas Aube-Kubel (IR - Lower Body)
Zach Benson(day-to-day - Lower Body)
Notes
Tage Thompson is riding a four-game point streak (3+2) and a point in tonight’s game would give him his first point streak of five or more games since he notched at least one point in five consecutive games from March 16 to 24, 2024 (3+4).
Ryan McLeod has recorded one point in each of his last four games (3+1) and a point in tonight’s game would extend the longest point streak of his career to five games. McLeod has scored one goal in three consecutive games and a goal in tonight’s game would give him the longest goal streak of his career.
JJ Peterka has registered four goals in his last three games, including at least one goal in each of those games. During his current three-game point streak, Peterka has recorded five points (4+1).
Dylan Cozens has tallied one assist in each of his last two games and he would match the longest assist streak of his career with an assist in tonight’s game.
Owen Power has notched one point in back-to-back games (1+1).
In his last four games, Jason Zucker has posted four assists. Alex Tuch has recorded seven points (2+5) in his last six games, including three points (2+1) in his last two home contests.
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