Buffalo hoping to pull even on their three-game California road swing after a loss to Anaheim on Tuesday
1/24/24 – 10:30 pm EST at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA
Record
Buffalo – 20-23-4 | 44 points – 7th place in Atlantic Division
Los Angeles – 22-13-9 | 53 points – 4th place in Pacific Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 14.7% (25th)
Penalty Kill – 80.0% (17th)
Los Angeles
Power Play – 21.2% (15th)
Penalty Kill - 87.1% (1st)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Casey Mittelstadt: 47 GP, 12 G, 27 A, 39 PTS
Rasmus Dahlin: 46 GP, 13 G, 25 A, 38 PTS
Jeff Skinner: 39 GP, 17 G, 16 A, 33 PTS
Los Angeles
Kevin Fiala: 44 GP, 11 G, 30 A, 41 PTS
Adrian Kempe: 44 GP, 15 G, 25 A, 40 PTS
Anze Kopitar: 44 GP, 14 G, 25 A, 39 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Devon Levi (8-7-2, 3.32 GAA, .889 save %)
Los Angeles – Cam Talbot (14-11-5, 2.43 GAA, .915 save %)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Buffalo (Projected)
Forwards
Jeff Skinner-Tage Thompson-Alex Tuch
JJ Peterka-Dylan Cozens-Jack Quinn
Zach Benson-Casey Mittelstadt-Jordan Greenway
Zemgus Girgensons-Peyton Krebs- Kyle Okposo
Ex. Eric Robinson, Victor Olofsson
Defense
Mattias Samuelsson-Rasmus Dahlin
Ryan Johnson-Owen Power
Henri Jokiharju-Connor Clifton
Ex. Jacob Bryson
Goaltenders
Devon Levi
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Injured
Erik Johnson - day-to-day(upper body)
Notes
Victor Olofsson has recorded four points (1+3) in his last two games against the Kings and a point in tonight’s game would give him a three-game point streak against Los Angeles.
In four games against the Kings in his career, Dylan Cozens has registered four points (1+3), including a goal in the last matchup between Buffalo and Los Angeles.
In his last six games against the Kings, Alex Tuch has tallied six points (3+3), including two multi-point performances in that span.
Casey Mittelstadt has notched five points (2+3) in his last four games against Los Angeles. Peyton Krebs has recorded a goal in back-to-back games against the Kings.
With a goal in tonight’s game, Krebs would become the first Sabres skater since Dave Andreychuk from Feb. 8, 1991, to Oct. 7, 2000 (six games) to record a goal streak of three or more games against Los Angeles.
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