Buffalo Sabres – Minnesota Wild Game Preview
Buffalo Sabres – Minnesota Wild Game Preview
11/27/24 – 7:00 pm EST at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
Record
Buffalo – 11-9-1 | 23 points – 4th place in the Atlantic Division
Minnesota – 13-4-4 | 30 points – 2nd place in the Central Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 18.6% (18th)
Penalty Kill – 78.8% (18th)
Minnesota
Power Play – 15.3% (27th)
Penalty Kill – 68.8% (31st)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Alex Tuch: 21 GP, 7 G, 14 A, 21 PTS
Rasmus Dahlin: 21 GP, 6 G, 13 A, 19 PTS
Tage Thompson: 16 GP, 11 G, 7 A, 18 PTS
Minnesota
Kirill Kaprizov: 20 GP, 13 G, 21 A, 34 PTS
Matt Boldy: 21 GP, 11 G, 11 A, 22 PTS
Marco Rossi: 21 GP, 6 G, 11 A, 17 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (8-4-1, 2.55 GAA, .910 save %)
Minnesota – Filip Gustavsson (9-4-3, 2.18 GAA, .923 save %)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Buffalo
Forwards
JJ Peterka – Tage Thompson - Alex Tuch
Zach Benson - Dylan Cozens - Peyton Krebs
Jason Zucker - Jiri Kulich - Jack Quinn
Beck Malenstyn - Ryan McLeod - Sam Lafferty
Ex. Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Defense
Rasmus Dahlin - Bowen Byram
Owen Power - Henri Jokiharju
Jacob Bryson - Connor Clifton
Ex. Dennis Gilbert
Goaltenders
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
James Reimer
Injuries
Jordan Greenway (week – to - week – middle body)
Mattias Samuelsson (IR – lower body)
Notes
Buffalo has earned at least one point in six consecutive games against Minnesota (5-0-1), the team’s longest point streak against the Wild in franchise history. Four of the last six contests between the Sabres and the Wild have been decided in overtime or a shootout.
Alex Tuch is riding a six-game point streak and he has recorded nine points (3+6) in that span.
Rasmus Dahlin has notched 17 points (6+11) in his last 13 games, including at least one point in seven straight home games (3+8).
Tage Thompson has recorded at least one point in four consecutive games and he has five points (4+1) in that span. Thompson has scored one goal in four straight games and a goal in tonight’s game would give him the longest goal streak of his career.
JJ Peterka has registered at least one point in four consecutive home contests (3+3). A point in tonight’s game would give Peterka the longest home point streak of his career.
In his last three home games, Owen Power has tallied four assists, including at least one assist in each of those games.
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