Buffalo hoping to remain unbeaten against their Atlantic Division rival
Record
Buffalo – 29-29-4 | 62 points – 6th place in Atlantic Division
Toronto – 35-18-8 | 78 points – 3rd place in Atlantic Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 17.0% (26th)
Penalty Kill – 78.8% (20th)
Toronto
Power Play – 27.8% (2nd)
Penalty Kill - 77.7% (21st)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Casey Mittelstadt: 62 GP, 14 G, 33 A, 47 PTS
Rasmus Dahlin: 61 GP, 15 G, 31 A, 46 PTS
Jeff Skinner: 54 GP, 20 G, 20 A, 40 PTS
Toronto
William Nylander: 61 GP, 33 G, 50 A, 83 PTS
Auston Matthews: 60 GP, 53 G, 26 A, 79 PTS
Mitchell Marner: 60 GP, 24 G, 50 A, 74 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (19-16-2, 2.46 GAA, .914 save %)
Toronto – Ilya Samsonov (15-5-6, 3.23 GAA, .883 save %)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Buffalo
Forwards
Jordan Greenway-Tage Thompson-Alex Tuch
Jeff Skinner-Casey Mittelstadt-Kyle Okposo
Zach Benson-Dylan Cozens-JJ Peterka
Zemgus Girgensons-Peyton Krebs-Eric Robinson
Ex. Victor Olofsson
Defense
Rasmus Dahlin-Henri Jokiharju
Owen Power-Jacob Bryson
Ryan Johnson-Connor Clifton
Ex. Erik Johnson
Goaltenders
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Eric Comrie
Injuries
Jack Quinn - IR (lower body)
Notes
The Sabres have earned wins in each of their last three games against the Maple Leafs, outscoring Toronto 19-10 in those games.
Buffalo scored at least four goals in each of those three games. A win in tonight’s game would give the Sabres their first four-game winning streak against the Maple Leafs since they earned wins in 10 straight games against Toronto from Jan. 1, 2009 to Jan. 8, 2010.
In Buffalo’s last 20 games, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has made 18 starts and has recorded 453 saves on 487 shots (.930) in that span.
Eric Robinson has registered at least one point in back-to-back games (1+2). A point in tonight’s game would give Robinson the fourth point streak of three or more games of his career, and his first with Buffalo.
In his last five games, Owen Power has notched five points (2+3).
Jeff Skinner has recorded five points (2+3) in his last five games, including at least one point in each of his last two games.
Casey Mittelstadt has totaled three points (1+2) in his last three games.
Zemgus Girgensons (1+1) and Kyle Okposo (1+1) have each tallied one point in each of their last two games.
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