Buffalo Sabres vs. Calgary Flames Game Preview
11/09/24 at 1:00 pm at Key Bank Center in Buffalo, NY
Record
Buffalo – 6-7-1 | 13 points – 6th place in the Atlantic Division
Calgary – 7-5-2 | 16 points – 4th place in the Pacific Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 14.0% (27th)
Penalty Kill – 76.1% (21st)
Calgary
Power Play – 17.1% (22nd)
Penalty Kill - 73.3% (26th)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Tage Thompson: 14 GP, 9 G, 7 A, 16 PTS
JJ Peterka: 12 GP, 6 G, 6 A, 12 PTS
Alex Tuch: 14 GP, 4 G, 8 A, 12 PTS
Calgary
Rasmus Andersson: 14 GP, 4 G, 7 A, 11 PTS
Nazem Kadri: 14 GP, 5 G, 3 A, 8 PTS
Jonathan Huberdeau: 14 GP, 5 G, 3 A, 8 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (5-4-1, 2.72 GAA, .909 save %)
Calgary – Dustin Wolf (4-2-1, 3.10 GAA, .906 save %)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Buffalo
Forwards
JJ Peterka - Tage Thompson - Alex Tuch
Zach Benson -Dylan Cozens - Jack Quinn
Jason Zucker - Ryan McLeod - Jordan Greenway
Beck Malenstyn - Peyton Krebs - Sam Lafferty
Ex. Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Defense
Rasmus Dahlin-Bowen Byram
Owen Power-Jacob Bryson
Dennis Gilbert - Connor Clifton
Ex. Mattias Samuelsson, Henri Jokiharju
Goaltenders
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Devon Levi
Notes
The Sabres have earned a win in back-to-back games and a win today would give them their second three-game winning streak of the season.
Rasmus Dahlin has notched eight points (2+6) in his last six games, including at least one point in back-to-back games (1+2). Dahlin (234 assists) is one assist away from passing Alexei Zhitnik and gaining sole possession of third place all-time in assists by a Sabres defenseman.
Tage Thompson is riding a six-game home point streak and he has registered 10 points (5+5) in that span. If he records a point in today’s game, Thompson would become the first Sabres skater to record five or more home point streaks of at least 7 games since Pat LaFontaine recorded his fifth from March 21 to April 16, 1995 (seven games; 8+4). In his last 11 games,
Jason Zucker has posted 11 points (3+8). Zucker has recorded at least one point in each of his last six home games (3+4), the longest home point streak of his career.
Alex Tuch is riding a three-game point streak and he has registered three points (1+2) in that span.
JJ Peterka has registered six points (2+4) in his last six games.
Ryan McLeod has notched four points (0+4) in his last four games.
In his last three games, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has made 83 saves on 87 shots (.954).
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