Buffalo welcomes defenseman Bowen Byram after the one-for-one trade that sent Casey Mittelstadt to Colorado
3/7/24 – 8:00 pm EST at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN
Record
Buffalo – 29-29-5 | 63 points – 6th place in Atlantic Division
Nashville – 35-25-3 | 73 points – 4th place in Central Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 16.8% (26th)
Penalty Kill – 79.0% (18th)
Nashville
Power Play – 19.5% (18th)
Penalty Kill – 76.4% (24th)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Rasmus Dahlin: 62 GP, 15 G, 31 A, 46 PTS
Jeff Skinner: 55 GP, 20 G, 20 A, 40 PTS
Alex Tuch: 56 GP, 17 G, 23 A, 40 PTS
Nashville
Filip Forsberg: 63 GP, 30 G, 34 A, 64 PTS
Roman Josi: 63 GP, 15 G, 46 A, 61 PTS
Ryan O’Reilly: 63 GP, 23 G, 31 A, 54 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Eric Comrie (1-6-0, 3.87 GAA, .868 save %)
Nashville – Juuse Saros (26-21-3, 2.85 GAA, .907 save %)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Buffalo
Forwards
Jeff Skinner-Tage Thompson-Alex Tuch
Zach Benson-Peyton Krebs-Victor Olofsson
Jordan Greenway-Dylan Cozens-JJ Peterka
Eric Robinson-Zemgus Girgensons-Kyle Okposo
Ex. Lukas Rousek
Defense
Bowen Byram-Rasmus Dahlin
Owen Power-Henri Jokiharju
Ryan Johnson-Connor Clifton
Ex. Erik Johnson, Jacob Bryson
Goaltenders
Eric Comrie
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Injuries
Jack Quinn (IR – lower body)
Notes
In four of the last five matchups between the Sabres and the Predators, the winning team has recorded four or more goals.
In Buffalo’s last 21 games, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has made 19 starts and has recorded 479 saves on 515 shots (.930) in that span. If he plays in tonight’s game, it will mark the 300th game of Victor Olofsson’s career.
Zemgus Girgensons is riding a three-game point streak (1+2).
A point in tonight’s game would give Girgensons the longest point streak of his career. Girgensons has recorded six three-game point streaks in his career. Eric Robinson has registered three points in his last three games (1+2).
Jeff Skinner has tallied four points (1+3) in his last three games.
In his last six games, Owen Power has notched five points (2+3).
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