Can The Sabres Make It Three In A Row?

12/29/24 – 3:00 pm EST at Enterprise Center, St. Louis, MO

Record

Buffalo – 13-19-4 | 30 points – 8th place in the Atlantic Division

St. Louis – 17-16-4 | 38 points – 6^th place in the Central Division

Special Teams

Buffalo

Power Play – 14.6% (29th)

Penalty Kill – 77.2% (22nd)

St. Louis

Power Play – 15.7% (26th)

Penalty Kill – 75.8% (25th)

Top Scorers

Buffalo

Alex Tuch: 36 GP, 12 G, 16 A, 28 PTS

Tage Thompson: 31 GP, 17 G, 10 A, 27 PTS

JJ Peterka: 34 GP, 10 G, 16 A, 26 PTS

St. Louis

Jordan Kyrou: 37 GP, 15 G, 16 A, 31 PTS

Robert Thomas: 25 GP, 8 G, 20 A, 28 PTS

Dylan Holloway: 37 GP, 13 G, 11 A, 24 PTS

Starting Goalies

Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (10-11-3, 2.99 GAA, .895 save %)

St. Louis – Petr Mrazek (9-13-3, 2.88 GAA, .898 save %)

Line Combinations and Pairings

Buffalo

Forwards

Jason Zucker – Tage Thompson - Alex Tuch

JJ Peterka - Dylan Cozens - Jack Quinn

Zach Benson - Jiri Kulich - Peyton Krebs

Beck Malenstyn - Ryan McLeod - Sam Lafferty

Ex. Nicolas Aube-Kubel

Defense

Rasmus Dahlin - Bowen Byram

Mattias Samuelsson - Owen Power

Jacob Bryson - Connor Clifton

Ex., Henri Jokiharju, Dennis Gilbert

Goaltenders

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

James Reimer

Injuries

Jordan Greenway (out-middle body)

Notes

The Sabres have recorded 13 goals in their last two games, the first time they have recorded 13 or more goals in a two-game span since they scored 13 goals from Dec. 19 to 21, 2023.

JJ Peterka is riding a six-game point streak (2+6) and a point in tonight’s game would give him the longest point streak of his career.

Rasmus Dahlin has recorded six assists in his last two games.

Zach Benson has recorded one goal in back-to-back games.

Jack Quinn has recorded six points (4+2) in his last five games and he has posted two points in consecutive games.

Benson and Quinn have each registered two goals and assisted in three career games against the Blues.

Dylan Cozens has registered six points (2+4) in his last five games, including two points in each of his last two games. Cozens has recorded at least one point in all three road games he has played against St. Louis in his career and he has posted five points (2+3) in those games.

Jiri Kulich has tallied four points (2+2) in his last four games.

Ryan McLeod (1+1) and Tage Thompson (1+1) have each posted one point in back-to-back games.

In his last five games against the Blues, Thompson has collected five points (2+3), including at least one point in his last two road games in St. Louis.

Owen Power is expected to play in his 200th NHL game tonight.

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