Sabres hoping to finish off 2023 on a winning note against their division rival
12/31/23 – 6 pm EST at Canadian Tire Centre in Kanata, ON
Record
Buffalo – 15-18-4 | 34 points – 7th place in Atlantic Division
Ottawa – 13-18-0 | 26 points – 8th place in Atlantic Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 13.2% (27th)
Penalty Kill - 78.5% (T-20th)
Ottawa
Power Play – 16.9% (23rd)
Penalty Kill - 71.3% (32nd)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Casey Mittelstadt: 37 GP, 10 G, 21 A, 31 PTS
Rasmus Dahlin: 36 GP, 10 G, 19 A, 29 PTS
Jeff Skinner: 34 GP, 15 G, 11 A, 26 PTS
Ottawa
Tim Stützle: 31 GP, 7 G, 26 A, 33 PTS
Drake Batherson: 31 GP, 14 G, 15 A, 29 PTS
Claude Giroux: 31 GP, 9 G, 19 A, 28 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Devon Levi (7-5-2, 3.31 GAA, .889 save %)
Ottawa – Joonas Korpisalo (7-12-0, 3.66 GAA, .890 save %) (estimated)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Buffalo
Forwards
Jeff Skinner-Tage Thompson-Alex Tuch
JJ Peterka-Dylan Cozens-Jack Quinn
Jordan Greenway-Casey Mittelstadt-Zach Benson
Zemgus Girgensons-Peyton Krebs-Kyle Okposo
Ex. Victor Olofsson, Eric Robinson
Defense
Rasmus Dahlin-Mattias Samuelsson
Owen Power–Connor Clifton
Ryan Johnson - Erik Johnson
Ex. Henri Jokiharju
Goaltenders
Devon Levi
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Eric Comrie
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