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Sabres hoping to come out of the NHL’s Christmas break with a win over the Atlantic Division leader

Bruins - Sabres Game Preview

12/23/23 – 7:30 pm EST at Key Bank Center in Buffalo, NY

Record

Buffalo – 14-17-4 | 32 points – 7th place in Atlantic Division

Boston – 19-7-6 | 44 points – 1st place in Atlantic Division

Special Teams

Buffalo

Power Play – 14.1% (26th)

Penalty Kill - 80.2% (15th)

Boston

Power Play – 24.5% (7th)

Penalty Kill - 85.8% (3rd)

Top Scorers

Buffalo

Rasmus Dahlin: 34 GP, 10 G, 19 A, 29 PTS

Casey Mittelstadt: 35 GP, 9 G, 20 A, 29 PTS

Jeff Skinner: 32 GP, 14 G, 11 A, 25 PTS

Boston

David Pastrnak: 32 GP, 20 G, 24 A, 44 PTS

Brad Marchand: 32 GP, 13 G, 15 A, 28 PTS

Charlie Coyle: 32 GP, 10 G, 11 A, 21 PTS

Starting Goalies

Buffalo – Devon Levi (7-4-2, 3.25 GAA, .892 save %)

Boston – Jeremy Swayman (9-2-4, 2.25 GAA, .928 save %)

Line Combinations and Pairings

Buffalo

Forwards

Jeff Skinner-Tage Thompson-Alex Tuch

JJ Peterka-Dylan Cozens-Jack Quinn

Jordan Greenway-Casey Mittelstadt-Zach Benson

Victor Olofsson-Peyton Krebs-Kyle Okposo

Ex. Tyson Jost, Eric Robinson

Defense

Rasmus Dahlin-Mattias Samuelsson

Owen Power–Connor Clifton

Ryan Johnson - Erik Johnson

Ex. Henri Jokiharju

Goaltenders

Devon Levi

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Eric Comrie

Injuries

Zemgus Girgensons (IR)

Boston

Forwards

Danton Heinen – Pavel Zacha – David Pastrnak

Brad Marchand – Charlie Coyle – Jake DeBrusk

James van Riemsdyk – Morgan Geekie – Trent Frederic

Jakub Lauko – John Beecher – Patrick Brown

Defense

Hampus Lindholm – Charlie McAvoy

Mason Lohrei – Brandon Carlo

Parker Wotherspoon – Kevin Shattenkirk

Goaltenders

Jeremy Swayman

Linus Ullmark

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