Buffalo hoping to stay mathematically alive in the Eastern Conference Playoff race
4/07/24 – 1:00 pm EST at Little Caesar’s Arena in Detroit, MI
Record
Buffalo – 37-35-5 | 79 points – 6th place in Atlantic Division
Detroit – 37-31-8 | 82 points – 5th place in Atlantic Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 16.4% (29th)
Penalty Kill – 79.5% (15th)
Detroit
Power Play – 22.9% (9th)
Penalty Kill – 79.8% (14th)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Rasmus Dahlin: 76 GP, 19 G, 38 A, 57 PTS
Alex Tuch: 70 GP, 20 G, 36 A, 56 PTS
Tage Thompson: 66 GP, 28 G, 26 A, 54 PTS
Detroit
Dylan Larkin: 62 GP, 30 G, 31 A, 61 PTS
Lucas Raymond: 76 GP, 25 G, 36 A, 61 PTS
Alex DeBrincat: 76 GP, 24 G, 36 A, 60 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(26-20-3, 2.55 GAA, .911 save %)
Detroit – Alex Lyon (19-17-4, 3.03 GAA, .906 save %)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Buffalo
Forwards
JJ Peterka-Tage Thompson-Alex Tuch
Zach Benson-Dylan Cozens-Jack Quinn
Jeff Skinner-Peyton Krebs-Jordan Greenway
Eric Robinson-Tyson Jost-Victor Olofsson
Ex. Lukas Rousek
Defense
Owen Power-Rasmus Dahlin
Bowen Byram-Henri Jokiharju
Jacob Bryson-Connor Clifton
Ex. Kale Clague
Goaltenders
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Eric Comrie
Injuries
Zemgus Girgensons (day-to-day - illness)
Notes
The winning team has recorded at least four goals in each of the last seven matchups between the Sabres and the Red Wings. The Sabres have earned at least one point in 16 of their last 19 games against the Red Wings (11-3-5).
Buffalo has earned at least one point in eight of its last 10 road contests against Detroit (7-2-1).
In his last 12 games, Alex Tuch has tallied 16 points (3+13), including seven points (1+6) in his last four games. Tuch has notched five points (1+4) in his last two games and a point in tonight’s game would give him a three-game point streak.
Tage Thompson has recorded 19 points (10+9) in his last 13 games, including six goals and nine points in his last four contests.
JJ Peterka has posted 12 points (8+4) in his last 12 games, including seven goals in his last seven games.
Zach Benson has registered four points (0+4) in his last two games, including two assists in each game in that span. A multi-point performance in today’s game would make Benson the youngest Sabres skater ever to record multiple points in three consecutive games.
Rasmus Dahlin has registered five points (2+3) in his last four games.
Jack Quinn has recorded three points (2+1) in his last two games, including at least one point in each of those games.
Owen Power has recorded one assist in back-to-back games and an assist in today’s game would give him his second three-game assist streak of the season (Oct. 24 to 29; 0+3), which would match the longest of his career (four times)
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