Buffalo looking to sweep back-to-back weekend games after victory over Minnesota
11/11/23 – 7:30 pm EST at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, PA
Record
Buffalo – 7-6-1 | 15 points – 6th place in Atlantic Division
Pittsburgh – 6-6-0 | 12 points – 6th place in Metropolitan Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 11.6% (T-27th)
Penalty Kill – 85.5% (9th)
Pittsburgh
Power Play – 17.1% (22nd)
Penalty Kill - 82.5% (T-11th)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Jeff Skinner: 14 GP, 7 G, 6 A, 13 PTS
Casey Mittelstadt: 14 GP, 3 G, 9 A, 12 PTS
Tage Thompson: 14 GP, 6 G, 6 A, 12 PTS
Pittsburgh
Jake Guentzel: 12 GP, 5 G, 10 A, 15 PTS
Sidney Crosby: 12 GP, 7 G, 7 A, 14 PTS
Evgeni Malkin: 12 GP, 7 G, 7 A, 14 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (3-2-1, 3.10 GAA, .899 sv%)
Pittsburgh – Tristan Jarry (4-5-0, 2.51 GAA, .907 sv%)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Buffalo
Forwards (projected based on Don Granato’s comments on Friday)
Jeff Skinner -Tage Thompson- Alex Tuch
Jordan Greenway -Casey Mittelstadt-J-J Peterka
Victor Olofsson-Dylan Cozens-Lukas Rousek
Zemgus Girgensons-Peyton Krebs-Kyle Okposo
Ex. Tyson Jost
Defense
Rasmus Dahlin-Mattias Samuelsson
Owen Power-Henri Jokiharju
Connor Clifton-Erik Johnson
Ex. Jacob Bryson, Ryan Johnson
Goaltenders
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Devon Levi
Injuries
Eric Comrie (IR – lower body)
Zach Benson (IR - lower body)
Jack Quinn (LTIR – Achilles)
Brandon Biro (IR – upper body)
Pittsburgh
Forwards
Jake Guentzel-Sidney Crosby-Bryan Rust
Reilly Smith-Evgeni Malkin-Rickard Rikell
Drew O’Connor-Lars Eller-Radim Zohorna
Matt Nieto-Noel Acciari-Jeff Carter
Ex. Radim Zohorna, Vinnie Hinostroza
Defense
Ryan Graves-Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson-Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea-Chad Ruhwedel
Ex. P-O Joseph
Goaltenders
Tristan Jarry
Magnus Hellberg
Injuries
Alex Nedeljkovic (IR - lower body)
John Ludvig (IR – upper body)
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