OTP - Can Kulich Fill A Top-Six Role? 10/26/24 at 1:00 pm at Key Bank Center in Buffalo, NY Record Buffalo – 3-4-1 | 7 points – 6th place in the Atlantic Division Detroit – 4-3-0 | 8 points – 3rd place in the Atlantic Division Special Teams Buffalo Power Play – 0.0% (32nd) Penalty Kill – 76.0% (21st) Detroit Power Play – 20.8% (16th) Penalty Kill - 62.5% (31st) Top Scorers Buffalo Alex Tuch: 8 GP, 3 G, 6 A, 9 PTS Tage Thompson: 8 GP, 5 G, 3 A, 8 PTS JJ Peterka: 6 GP, 4 G, 2 A, 6 PTS Detroit Alex DeBrincat: 7 GP, 3 G, 3 A, 6 PTS Lucas Raymond: 7 GP, 0 G, 6 A, 6 PTS Dylan Larkin: 7 GP, 4 G, 1 A, 5 PTS Starting Goalies Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (2-2-1, 3.01 GAA, .903 save %) Detroit – Alex Lyon (2-1-0, 1.46 GAA, .955 save %) Line Combinations and Pairings Forwards JJ Peterka-Tage Thompson-Alex Tuch Jiri Kulich-Dylan Cozens-Jack Quinn Jason Zucker-Ryan McLeod-Jordan Greenway Beck Malenstyn-Peyton Krebs-Sam Lafferty Defense Rasmus Dahlin-Henri Jokiharju Bowen Byram-Owen Power Mattias Samuelsson-Connor Clifton Ex. Dennis Gilbert, Jacob Bryson Goaltenders Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Devon Levi Injuries Nicolas Aube-Kubel (IR - Lower Body) Zach Benson(day-to-day - Lower Body) Notes Buffalo has earned at least one point in nine of its last 10 home games against Detroit (5-1-4). In each of their last five wins against the Red Wings, the Sabres have recorded five or more goals. Tage Thompson is riding a five-game point streak (4+3) and a point in today’s game would give him his first point streak of six or more games since he notched at least one point in seven consecutive games from Feb. 15 to 28, 2023 (6+5). Owen Power is riding a three-game point streak and he has posted five points (1+4) in that span. Alex Tuch has recorded eight points (3+6) in his last seven games, including five points (3+2) in his last two home contests. Peyton Krebs has tallied one point in two straight games (1+1) and a point in today’s game would give him the longest point streak of his career. Beck Malenstyn has recorded one point in each of his last two games and a point today would match the longest point streak of his career (three games; Nov. 10 to 14, 2023; 2+1). JJ Peterka has registered five points (4+1) in his last four games. In his last five games, Jason Zucker has posted five assists Follow Michael on X @MikeInBuffalo [https://twitter.com/MikeInBuffalo]
