Sabres hoping to build on one-sided victory over Toronto before the Christmas break
12/23/23 – 7:30 pm EST at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY
Record
Buffalo – 14-17-3 | 31 points – 7th place in Atlantic Division
New York – 22-8-1 | 45 points – 1st place in Metropolitan Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 14.3% (26th)
Penalty Kill - 80.6% (14th)
New York
Power Play – 31.3% (1st)
Penalty Kill - 85.6% (5th)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Rasmus Dahlin: 33 GP, 9 G, 19 A, 28 PTS
Casey Mittelstadt: 34 GP, 8 G, 20 A, 28 PTS
Jeff Skinner: 31 GP, 14 G, 11 A, 25 PTS
New York
Artemi Panarin: 31 GP, 17 G, 26 A, 43 PTS
Mika Zibanejad: 31 GP, 12 G, 18 A, 30 PTS
Vincent Trocheck: 31 GP, 8 G, 20 A, 28 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (6-8-1, 3.17 GAA, .893 save %)
New York – Igor Shesterkin (12-7-0, 2.86 GAA, .906 save %)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Buffalo (Based on lines from Friday’s practice)
Forwards
Jeff Skinner-Tage Thompson-Alex Tuch
JJ Peterka-Dylan Cozens-Jack Quinn
Jordan Greenway-Casey Mittelstadt-Zach Benson
Victor Olofsson-Peyton Krebs-Kyle Okposo
Ex. Tyson Jost, Eric Robinson
Defense
Rasmus Dahlin-Mattias Samuelsson
Owen Power–Connor Clifton
Erik Johnson-Henri Jokiharju
Ex. Ryan Johnson
Goaltenders
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Devon Levi
Eric Comrie
Injuries
Zemgus Girgensons (IR – unknown)
New York (lines and pairings from Friday’s game vs. EDM)
Shesterkin will start in the second of back-to-back games
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