Buffalo hopes to build on the momentum of a 7-0 pasting of the Los Angeles Kings in the final game of their four-game homestand
2/15/24 – 7:00 pm EST at Key Bank Center in Buffalo, NY
Record
Buffalo – 23-25-4 | 48 points – 7th place in Atlantic Division
Florida – 34-15-4 | 72 points – 2nd place in Atlantic Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 14.6% (29th)
Penalty Kill – 80.0% (T-15th)
Florida
Power Play – 25.1% (6th)
Penalty Kill – 83.1% (6th)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Casey Mittelstadt: 52 GP, 12 G, 31 A, 43 PTS
Rasmus Dahlin: 51 GP, 14 G, 27 A, 41 PTS
Alex Tuch: 45 GP, 15 G, 21 A, 36 PTS
Florida
Sam Reinhart: 53 GP, 39 G, 25 A, 64 PTS
Matthew Tkachuk: 53 GP, 18 G, 41 A, 59 PTS
Carter Verhaeghe: 53 GP, 26 G, 27 A, 53 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (13-13-2, 2.51 GAA, .913 save %)
Florida – Anthony Stolarz (8-5-2, 2.11 GAA, .917 save %)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Buffalo
Forwards
Jeff Skinner-Tage Thompson- Kyle Okposo
Zach Benson-Dylan Cozens-JJ Peterka
Jordan Greenway-Casey Mittelstadt-Alex Tuch
Zemgus Girgenson-Peyton Krebs-Victor Olofsson
Ex. Eric Robinson
Defense
Rasmus Dahlin-Henri Jokiharju
Jacob Bryson-Connor Clifton
Ryan Johnson-Erik Johnson
Goaltenders
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Eric Comrie
Injuries
Owen Power (week-to-week – hand)
Jack Quinn (IR – lower body)
Notes
In Buffalo’s last 10 games, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has made nine starts and
he has recorded 222 saves on 235 shots (.945) in that span.
In those starts, he has registered a goals-against average of 1.47 and he has
recorded three shutouts.
Kyle Okposo has recorded one goal in consecutive games and a goal in
tonight’s game would give him his 10th goal streak of three or more
games of his career. He last accomplished that feat when he scored one goal in three
consecutive games from Nov. 24 - 27, 2023.
Dylan Cozens has 10 points (4+6) in his last 10 games, including six points (2+4) in his
last five games.
JJ Peterka has recorded nine points (6+3) in his last eight games, including
five goals in his last five games.
Alex Tuch has totaled five points (3+2) in his last five games, including two
multi-point performances in that span. In his last four games against Florida, Tuch
has tallied four points (3+1). In that span, Tuch recorded one goal in three straight
games against the Panthers from Oct. 15, 2022, to Feb. 24, 2023.
Rasmus Dahlin has notched three points (1+2) in his last three games.
Dahlin needs one goal to match his previous single-season career high (15),
which he set in 78 games in 2022-23.
In his last six games, Jordan Greenway has tallied six points (4+2).
Tage Thompson has recorded four assists in his last two games against the
Panthers, including a three-assist performance on Feb. 24, 2023
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