Buffalo looking to win their fourth game in a row and move to within one point of the fading Wings
3/16/24 – 7:00 pm EST at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, MI
Record
Buffalo – 31-30-5 | 67 points – 6th place in Atlantic Division
Detroit – 29-21-14 | 72 points – 4th place in Metropolitan Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 16.6% (26th)
Penalty Kill – 78.5% (20th)
Detroit
Power Play – 22.2% (13th)
Penalty Kill – 72.2% (32nd)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Rasmus Dahlin: 66 GP, 15 G, 34 A, 49 PTS
Jeff Skinner: 59 GP, 21 G, 21 A, 42 PTS
Alex Tuch: 60 GP, 18 G, 23 A, 41 PTS
Detroit
Dylan Larkin: 55 GP, 26 G, 28 A, 54 PTS
Alex DeBrincat: 66 GP, 23 G, 31 A, 54 PTS
Lucas Raymond: 66 GP, 19 G, 35 A, 54 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (22-16-3, 2.38 GAA, .915 save %)
Detroit – Alex Lyon (18-14-2, 3.03 GAA, .904 save %)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Buffalo
Forwards
Zemgus Girgensons-Tage Thompson-Alex Tuch
Jeff Skinner-Peyton Krebs-JJ Peterka
Jordan Greenway-Dylan Cozens-Zach Benson
Eric Robinson-Tyson Jost-Victor Olofsson
Ex. Lukas Rousek
Defense
Bowen Byram-Rasmus Dahlin
Owen Power-Henri Jokiharju
Jacob Bryson-Connor Clifton
Ex. Kale Clague
Goaltenders
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Eric Comrie
Injuries
Jack Quinn (IR – lower body)
Notes
The Sabres have earned at least one point in 16 of their last 18 games against the Red Wings (11-2-5) and at least one point in eight of their last nine road matchups with Detroit (7-1-1). Three of Buffalo’s last four road games against Detroit have been decided in overtime or a shootout.
In Buffalo’s last 25 games, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has made 22 starts and has recorded 550 saves on 591 shots (.931) in that span. Luukkonen has allowed three or fewer goals in 24 of his last 25 games.
Bowen Byram has recorded five points (3+2) in four games with Buffalo since being acquired by the Sabres on March 6.
Connor Clifton (1+1) has notched one point in back-to-back games and a point in today’s game would match the longest point streak of his career.
Rasmus Dahlin has tallied an assist in consecutive games and an assist in today’s game would give him an assist streak of three or more games for the fourth time in 2023-24 and the 24th time in his career.
Jeff Skinner has recorded one point in back-to-back games (1+1) and a point today would give him his first point streak of three or more games since he registered a three-game point streak from Dec. 30 to Jan. 4 (2+4).
Dylan Cozens has recorded one point in back-to-back games (1+1) and a point in today’s game would give him a three-game point streak.
JJ Peterka has posted one point in each of his last two games (1+1)
Dylan Cozens has recorded nine points (5+4) in his last six games against Detroit, including multi-goal performances on April 6, 2023, and Nov. 30, 2022.
Owen Power (0+6) and JJ Peterka (1+5) have both registered six points in six career games against the Red Wings.
In his last 14 games against Detroit, Rasmus Dahlin has recorded 14 points (4+10).
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