Buffalo looking to get back on the winning track after consecutive poor road performances against St. Louis and Carolina
12/3/23 – 7 pm EST at Key Bank Center in Buffalo, NY
Record
Buffalo – 10-12-2 | 22 points – 7th place in Atlantic Division
Nashville – 11-12-0 | 22 points – 6th place in Central Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 14.1% (25th)
Penalty Kill – 81.3% (13th)
Nashville
Power Play – 19.4% (18th)
Penalty Kill – 73.0% (29th)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Casey Mittelstadt: 24 GP, 5 G, 16 A, 21 PTS
Rasmus Dahlin: 24 GP, 5 G, 15 A, 20 PTS
JJ Peterka: 24 GP, 10 G, 8 A, 18 PTS
Nashville
Filip Forsberg: 23 GP, 12 G, 15 A, 27 PTS
Ryan O’Reilly: 23 GP, 11 G, 10 A, 21 PTS
Gustav Nyquist: 23 GP, 3 G, 14 A, 17 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (6-4-1, 2.74 GAA, .905 sv%)
Nashville – Juuse Saros (8-10-0, 2.61 GAA, .918 sv%)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Buffalo (Projected based on lines vs. Carolina)
Forwards
Jeff Skinner - Casey Mittelstadt - Alex Tuch
Zach Benson - Dylan Cozens - J-J Peterka
Jordan Greenway - Peyton Krebs - Kyle Okposo
Brandon Biro - Tyson Jost– Victor Olofsson
Ex. Isak Rosen
Defense
Rasmus Dahlin - Mattias Samuelsson
Owen Power - Henri Jokiharju
Connor Clifton - Erik Johnson
Ex. Jacob Bryson, Ryan Johnson
Goaltenders
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Eric Comrie
Injuries
Tage Thompson (IR - hand)
Jack Quinn (LTIR – Achilles)
Zemgus Girgensons (day-to-day – unknown)
Nashville (Lines Used On Saturday vs. NY Rangers)
Forwards
Filip Forsberg - Ryan O’Reilly – Gustav Nyquist
Kiefer Sherwood - Juuso Parssinen - Luke Evangelista
Yakov Trenin - Colton Sissons - Cole Smith
Liam Foudy - Michael McCarron - Philip Tomasino
Defense
Ryan McDonagh - Roman Josi
Jeremy Lauzon - Dante Fabbro
Spencer Stastney - Luke Schenn
Goaltender
Juuse Saros
Kevin Lankinen
Injuries
Cody Glass (IR)
Tomas Novak (IR)
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