Buffalo Sabres vs. Montreal Canadiens Game Preview
11/11/24 at 12:30 pm at Key Bank Center in Buffalo, NY
Record
Buffalo – 7-7-1 | 13 points – 5th place in the Atlantic Division
Montreal – 4-9-2 | 16 points – 8th place in the Atlantic Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 15.6% (26th)
Penalty Kill – 77.6% (18th)
Montreal
Power Play – 22.0% (11th)
Penalty Kill - 80.8% (15th)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Tage Thompson: 15 GP, 10 G, 7 A, 17 PTS
JJ Peterka: 13 GP, 6 G, 7 A, 13 PTS
Alex Tuch: 15 GP, 4 G, 8 A, 12 PTS
Montreal
Nick Suzuki: 15 GP, 4 G, 9 A, 13 PTS
Cole Caufield: 15 GP, 10 G, 1 A, 11 PTS
Mike Matheson: 15 GP, 0 G, 9 A, 9 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (6-4-1, 2.64 GAA, .910 save %)
Montreal – Cayden Primeau (1-2-1, 4.38 GAA, .861 save %)
Line Combinations and Pairings
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
Mattias Samuelsson - Connor Clifton
Ex. Dennis Gilbert, Henri Jokiharju
Goaltenders
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Devon Levi
Notes
The Sabres have earned a win in three consecutive games and a win today would extend the team’s streak to four games. The Sabres have earned at least one point in five of their last six games against the Canadiens (3-1-2), including at least one point in each of the last three contests between the two teams (2-0-1).
Rasmus Dahlin has notched nine points (2+7) in his last seven games, including at least one point in three straight games (1+3).
Tage Thompson is riding a seven-game home point streak and he has registered 11 points (6+5) in that span. If he records a point in today’s game, Thompson would become the first Sabres skater to register a home point streak of eight or more games since Dahlin from Jan. 17 to March 4, 2022 (eight games; 2+10).
In his last five home games, Jason Zucker has posted six points (3+3).
JJ Peterka has registered at least one point in three consecutive games and he has tallied five points in that span (2+3).
Zach Benson has recorded at least one point in back-to-back games, including at least one goal in both of those contests. In his last four games,
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has made 107 saves on 113 shots (.947)
Follow Michael on X @MikeInBuffalo