Buffalo hoping to lessen burden on Luukkonen after 38-save victory against Flyers on Wednesday
Record
Buffalo – 5-5-0 | 10 points – 7th place in Atlantic Division
Philadelphia – 4-5-1 | 9 points – 7th place in Metropolitan Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 10.0% (30th)
Penalty Kill - 90.0% (5th)
Philadelphia
Power Play – 11.4% (28th)
Penalty Kill - 77.8% (16th)
Top Scorers
Sabres
Jeff Skinner: 10 GP, 5 G, 5 A, 10 PTS
Tage Thompson: 10 GP, 5 G, 4 A, 9 PTS
Casey Mittelstadt: 10 GP, 3 G, 6 A, 9 PTS
Flyers
Travis Konecny: 10 GP, 8 G, 3 A, 11 PTS
Travis Sanheim: 10 GP, 1 G, 9 A, 10 PTS
Cam Atkinson: 10 GP, 6 G, 3 A, 9 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (3-1-0, 2.60 GAA, .926 save %)
Philadelphia – Samuel Ersson (0-2-1, 4.91 GAA, .763 save %)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Buffalo
Forwards (projected after optional skate)
Jordan Greenway-Tage Thompson-Brandon Biro
Jeff Skinner-Casey Mittelstadt-J-J Peterka
Lukas Rousek-Dylan Cozens-Alex Tuch
Zemgus Girgensons-Peyton Krebs-Kyle Okposo
Ex. Tyson Jost, Victor Olofsson
Defense
Rasmus Dahlin-Mattias Samuelsson
Owen Power-Henri Jokiharju
Connor Clifton-Erik Johnson
Ex. Jacob Bryson
Goaltenders
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Devon Levi
Injuries
Eric Comrie (IR – lower body)
Zach Benson (IR - lower body)
Jack Quinn (IR – Achilles)
Matthew Savoie (AHL conditioning stint)
Philadelphia
Forwards
Owen Tippett-Scott Laughton-Cam Atkinson
Joel Farabee-Noah Cates-Bobby Brink
Travis Konecny-Morgan Frost-Tyson Foerster
Nic Deslauriers-Ryan Poehling-Garnet Hathaway
Defense
Cam York-Travis Sanheim
Egor Zamula-Sean Walker
Louie Belpedio-Nick Seeler
Goaltenders
Samuel Ersson
Cal Petersen
Injuries
Carter Hart (day-to-day - mid-body)
Sean Couturier (day-to-day – lower-body)
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