Buffalo playing out the 2023-24 season after being eliminated from the playoffs last week
4/15/24 – 7:00 pm EST at Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL
Record
Buffalo – 38-37-6 | 82 points – 6th place in Atlantic Division
Tampa Bay – 44-28-8 | 96 points – 4th place in Atlantic Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 16.7% (28th)
Penalty Kill – 79.7% (14th)
Tampa Bay
Power Play – 28.9% (1st)
Penalty Kill – 83.0% (5th)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Alex Tuch: 74 GP, 22 G, 37 A, 59 PTS
Rasmus Dahlin: 80 GP, 20 G, 39 A, 59 PTS
Tage Thompson: 70 GP, 29 G, 27 A, 56 PTS
Tampa Bay
Nikita Kucherov: 79 GP, 43 G, 98 A, 141 PTS
Brayden Point: 79 GP, 45 G, 44 A, 89 PTS
Steven Stamkos: 77 GP, 39 G, 39 A, 78 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Eric Comrie (1-7-0, 3.91 GAA, .864 save %)
Tampa Bay – Andrei Vasilevskiy (30-19-2, 2.87 GAA, .900 save %)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Buffalo
Forwards
JJ Peterka-Tage Thompson-Alex Tuch
Zach Benson-Dylan Cozens-Jack Quinn
Jeff Skinner-Peyton Krebs-Jordan Greenway
Zemgus Girgensons-Tyson Jost-Victor Olofsson
Ex. Lukas Rousek, Eric Robinson
Defense
Owen Power-Rasmus Dahlin
Bowen Byram-Henri Jokiharju
Jacob Bryson-Connor Clifton
Ex. Kale Clague
Goaltenders
Eric Comrie
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Notes
The Sabres have earned at least one point in five of their last six games against the Lightning (4-1-1), including wins in each of their last two road matchups with Tampa Bay. A win tonight would give the Sabres their first three-game winning streak in Tampa since they won seven consecutive road games against the Lightning from Oct. 13, 2005 to Dec. 6, 2008.
In his last 16 games, Alex Tuch has tallied 19 points (5+14), including 10 points (3+7) in his last eight games.
Tage Thompson has recorded 21 points (11+10) in his last 17 games, including seven points (3+4) in his last six games.
Jack Quinn has tallied one goal in each of his last two games and he has four goals in his last five games.
Henri Jokiharju has recorded four assists in his last three games and an assist in tonight’s game would give him a four-game assist streak, which would be the longest of his career.
Zach Benson has registered six points (1+5) in his last six games. In his last six games,
Rasmus Dahlin has registered six points (3+3), including one assist in each of his last two road contests.
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