Buffalo hoping to snap their three-game losing skid against their Atlantic Division rival
11/05/24 at 7:00 pm at Key Bank Center in Buffalo, NY
Record
Buffalo – 4-7-1 | 9 points – 7th place in the Atlantic Division
Ottawa – 6-5-0 | 12 points – 5th place in the Atlantic Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 8.6% (32nd)
Penalty Kill – 71.8% (27th)
Ottawa
Power Play – 33.3% (3rd)
Penalty Kill - 77.4% (19th)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Tage Thompson: 12 GP, 7 G, 6 A, 13 PTS
Alex Tuch: 12 GP, 4 G, 6 A, 10 PTS
Owen Power: 12 GP, 3 G, 6 A, 9 PTS
Ottawa
Tim Stützle: 11 GP, 6 G, 10 A, 16 PTS
Brady Tkachuk: 11 GP, 7 G, 8 A, 15 PTS
Drake Batherson: 11 GP, 5 G, 7 A, 12 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (3-4-1, 3.16 GAA, .893 save %)
Ottawa – Linus Ullmark (2-3-0, 2.62 GAA, .902 save %)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Buffalo
Forwards
JJ Peterka-Tage Thompson-Alex Tuch
Zach Benson/Jiri Kulich-Dylan Cozens-Jack Quinn
Jason Zucker-Ryan McLeod-Jordan Greenway
Beck Malenstyn-Peyton Krebs-Sam Lafferty/Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Defense
Rasmus Dahlin-Bowen Byram
Owen Power-Jacob Bryson
Mattias Samuelsson-Henri Jokiharju
Ex. Dennis Gilbert, Connor Clifton
Goaltenders
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Devon Levi
Injuries
Zach Benson(day-to-day - Lower Body)
Notes
The Sabres have earned a win in three of their last four home games against the Senators and they have scored four or more goals in each of those wins.
Tage Thompson has registered at least one point in each of his last five home games and he has tallied eight points (4+4) in those games. In his last five games overall, Thompson has recorded seven points (3+4).
Owen Power has recorded six points (1+5) in his last five games, including at least one point in each of his last four home games.
In his last nine games, Jason Zucker has posted nine points (3+6), including at least one in each of his last five home games (3+3). A point in tonight’s game would give Zucker the longest home-point streak of his career (six games). Including his current home point streak of five games, Zucker has recorded four five-game home point streaks in his career.
Rasmus Dahlin has notched five points (1+4) in his last four games. Dahlin is one assist away from tying Doug Bodger for the fourth-most assists by a defenseman in franchise history (233) and is one point away from reaching 300 points in his career.
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