Buffalo hoping to bounce back from their worst loss of the season against their Atlantic Division rival
12/21/23 – 7 pm EST at Key Bank Center in Buffalo, NY
Record
Buffalo – 13-17-3 | 29 points – 7th place in Atlantic Division
Toronto – 16-7-6 | 38 points – 2nd place in Atlantic Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 14.0% (27th)
Penalty Kill - 80.6% (14th)
Toronto
Power Play – 25.9% (15th)
Penalty Kill - 78.2% (22nd)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Rasmus Dahlin: 32 GP, 8 G, 19 A, 27 PTS
Casey Mittelstadt: 33 GP, 8 G, 19 A, 27 PTS
JJ Peterka: 33 GP, 12 G, 11 A, 23 PTS
Toronto
William Nylander: 29 GP, 15 G, 26 A, 41 PTS
Auston Matthews: 28 GP, 25 G, 12 A, 37 PTS
Mitchell Marner: 29 GP, 13 G, 21 A, 34 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Devon Levi (6-4-2, 3.27 GAA, .892 save %)
Toronto – Ilya Samsonov (5-1-5, 3.51 GAA, .878 save %)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Buffalo
Forwards
Jeff Skinner-Tage Thompson-Alex Tuch
JJ Peterka-Dylan Cozens-Jack Quinn
Jordan Greenway-Casey Mittelstadt-Zach Benson
Eric Robinson-Peyton Krebs-Kyle Okposo
Ex. Tyson Jost, Victor Olofsson
Defense
Rasmus Dahlin - Mattias Samuelsson
Owen Power – Ryan Johnson
Erik Johnson - Connor Clifton
Ex. Henri Jokiharju
Goaltenders
Devon Levi
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Eric Comrie
Injuries
Jeff Skinner (IR – upper body)
Jordan Greenway (IR – upper-body)
Zemgus Girgensons (IR – unknown)
Toronto
Forwards
Matthew Knies-Auston Matthews-William Nylander
Tyler Bertuzzi-John Tavares-Mitch Marner
Nick Robertson-Max Domi-Calle Jarnkrok
Noah Gregor-David Kampf-Bobby McMann
Defense
Morgan Rielly-Timothy Liljegren
TJ Brodie-Jake McCabe
William Lagesson-Conor Timmins
Goaltending
Ilya Samsonov
Martin Jones
Injuries
Jake Muzzin (LTIR)
Matt Murray (LTIR)
John Klingberg (LTIR)
Mark Giordano (LTIR - broken finger)
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