Buffalo looking to get back on the winning track after third straight loss to Nashville
12/5/23 – 7:30 pm EST at Key Bank Center in Buffalo, NY
Record
Buffalo – 10-13-2 | 22 points – 7th place in Atlantic Division
Detroit – 13-7-3 | 29 points – 3rd place in Atlantic Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 14.1% (25th)
Penalty Kill – 81.5% (13th)
Detroit
Power Play – 23.5% (8th)
Penalty Kill – 79.1% (17th)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Casey Mittelstadt: 25 GP, 5 G, 16 A, 21 PTS
Rasmus Dahlin: 25 GP, 5 G, 15 A, 20 PTS
JJ Peterka: 25 GP, 10 G, 8 A, 18 PTS
Detroit
Alex DeBrincat: 23 GP, 13 G, 10 A, 23 PTS
Dylan Larkin: 21 GP, 8 G, 14 A, 22 PTS
Lucas Raymond: 23 GP, 8 G, 11 A, 19 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Eric Comrie (1-4-0, 3.99 GAA, .866 sv%)
Detroit – Alex Lyon (3-1-0, 1.26 GAA, .958 sv%)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Buffalo
Forwards
Jeff Skinner - Casey Mittelstadt – Tage Thompson
Zach Benson - Dylan Cozens - J-J Peterka
Tyson Jost - Peyton Krebs - Kyle Okposo
Isak Rosen - Brandon Biro - Victor Olofsson
Defense
Rasmus Dahlin - Mattias Samuelsson
Owen Power - Henri Jokiharju
Connor Clifton - Erik Johnson
Ex. Jacob Bryson, Ryan Johnson
Goaltenders
Eric Comrie
Devon Levi
Injuries
Alex Tuch (day-to-day - hamstring)
Jordan Greenway (day-to-day – upper-body)
Jack Quinn (LTIR – Achilles)
Zemgus Girgensons (day-to-day – unknown)
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (day-to-day – illness)
Detroit
Forwards
Robby Fabbri - Dylan Larkin – Lucas Raymond
Alex DeBrincat – JT Compher – Joe Veleno
Michael Rasmussen – Andrew Copp – David Perron
Klim Kostin – Christian Fischer – Daniel Sprong
Ex. Patrick Kane
Defense
Jake Walman – Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot – Jeff Petry
Justin Holl – Shayne Gostisbehere
Goaltenders
Alex Lyon
Ville Husso
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