Buffalo hoping to rebound from season-worst effort in 5-1 loss to Philadelphia in first meeting with Maple Leafs
Record
Buffalo – 5-6-0 | 10 points – 7th place in Atlantic Division
Toronto – 5-3-2 | 12 points – 3rd place in Atlantic Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 9.4% (30th)
Penalty Kill - 90.5% (5th)
Toronto
Power Play – 29.4% (5th)
Penalty Kill - 75.8% (T-20th)
Top Scorers
Sabres
Jeff Skinner: 11 GP, 5 G, 5 A, 10 PTS
Casey Mittelstadt: 11 GP, 3 G, 7 A, 10 PTS
Tage Thompson: 11 GP, 5 G, 4 A, 9 PTS
Maple Leafs
William Nylander: 10 GP, 6 G, 8 A, 14 PTS
Auston Matthews: 10 GP, 8 G, 4 A, 12 PTS
John Tavares: 10 GP, 5 G, 7 A, 12 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Devon Levi (1-3-0, 3.26 GAA, .892 save %)
Toronto – Joseph Woll (3-2-0, 1.89 GAA, .942 save %)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Buffalo
Forwards (projected since Sabres did not hold skate in Toronto)
Jordan Greenway-Tage Thompson-Brandon Biro
Jeff Skinner-Casey Mittelstadt-J-J Peterka
Lukas Rousek-Dylan Cozens-Alex Tuch
Zemgus Girgensons-Peyton Krebs-Kyle Okposo
Ex. Tyson Jost, Victor Olofsson
Defense
Rasmus Dahlin-Connor Clifton
Owen Power-Henri Jokiharju
Jacob Bryson-Erik Johnson
Ex. Mattias Samuelsson (Inj?)
Goaltenders
Devon Levi
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Injuries
Eric Comrie (IR – lower body)
Zach Benson (IR - lower body)
Jack Quinn (IR – Achilles)
Matthew Savoie (AHL conditioning stint)
Toronto
Injuries
Timothy Liljegren (LTIR - high ankle sprain)
Matt Murray (LTIR - hip surgery)
Jake Muzzin (LTIR - neck)
Conor Timmins (LTIR - lower body)
Jake McCabe (day-to-day – groin)
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