Buffalo hoping to continue their winning ways after a 4-2 victory over Dallas
10/26/24 at 1:00 pm at Key Bank Center in Buffalo, NY
Record
Buffalo – 3-4-1 | 7 points – 6th place in the Atlantic Division
Detroit – 4-3-0 | 8 points – 3rd place in the Atlantic Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 0.0% (32nd)
Penalty Kill – 76.0% (21st)
Detroit
Power Play – 20.8% (16th)
Penalty Kill - 62.5% (31st)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Alex Tuch: 8 GP, 3 G, 6 A, 9 PTS
Tage Thompson: 8 GP, 5 G, 3 A, 8 PTS
JJ Peterka: 6 GP, 4 G, 2 A, 6 PTS
Detroit
Alex DeBrincat: 7 GP, 3 G, 3 A, 6 PTS
Lucas Raymond: 7 GP, 0 G, 6 A, 6 PTS
Dylan Larkin: 7 GP, 4 G, 1 A, 5 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (2-2-1, 3.01 GAA, .903 save %)
Detroit – Alex Lyon (2-1-0, 1.46 GAA, .955 save %)
Line Combinations and Pairings
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
Buffalo has earned at least one point in nine of its last 10 home games against Detroit (5-1-4). In each of their last five wins against the Red Wings, the Sabres have recorded five or more goals.
Tage Thompson is riding a five-game point streak (4+3) and a point in today’s game would give him his first point streak of six or more games since he notched at least one point in seven consecutive games from Feb. 15 to 28, 2023 (6+5).
Owen Power is riding a three-game point streak and he has posted five points (1+4) in that span.
Alex Tuch has recorded eight points (3+6) in his last seven games, including five points (3+2) in his last two home contests.
Peyton Krebs has tallied one point in two straight games (1+1) and a point in today’s game would give him the longest point streak of his career.
Beck Malenstyn has recorded one point in each of his last two games and a point today would match the longest point streak of his career (three games; Nov. 10 to 14, 2023; 2+1).
JJ Peterka has registered five points (4+1) in his last four games.
In his last five games, Jason Zucker has posted five assists
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