OTP - Sabres Moves At The Trade Deadline 3/16/24 – 7:00 pm EST at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, MI Record Buffalo – 31-30-5 | 67 points – 6th place in Atlantic Division Detroit – 29-21-14 | 72 points – 4th place in Metropolitan Division Special Teams Buffalo Power Play – 16.6% (26th) Penalty Kill – 78.5% (20th) Detroit Power Play – 22.2% (13th) Penalty Kill – 72.2% (32nd) Top Scorers Buffalo Rasmus Dahlin: 66 GP, 15 G, 34 A, 49 PTS Jeff Skinner: 59 GP, 21 G, 21 A, 42 PTS Alex Tuch: 60 GP, 18 G, 23 A, 41 PTS Detroit Dylan Larkin: 55 GP, 26 G, 28 A, 54 PTS Alex DeBrincat: 66 GP, 23 G, 31 A, 54 PTS Lucas Raymond: 66 GP, 19 G, 35 A, 54 PTS Starting Goalies Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (22-16-3, 2.38 GAA, .915 save %) Detroit – Alex Lyon (18-14-2, 3.03 GAA, .904 save %) Line Combinations and Pairings Buffalo Forwards Zemgus Girgensons-Tage Thompson-Alex Tuch Jeff Skinner-Peyton Krebs-JJ Peterka Jordan Greenway-Dylan Cozens-Zach Benson Eric Robinson-Tyson Jost-Victor Olofsson Ex. Lukas Rousek Defense Bowen Byram-Rasmus Dahlin Owen Power-Henri Jokiharju Jacob Bryson-Connor Clifton Ex. Kale Clague Goaltenders Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Eric Comrie Injuries Jack Quinn (IR – lower body) Notes The Sabres have earned at least one point in 16 of their last 18 games against the Red Wings (11-2-5) and at least one point in eight of their last nine road matchups with Detroit (7-1-1). Three of Buffalo’s last four road games against Detroit have been decided in overtime or a shootout. In Buffalo’s last 25 games, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has made 22 starts and has recorded 550 saves on 591 shots (.931) in that span. Luukkonen has allowed three or fewer goals in 24 of his last 25 games. Bowen Byram has recorded five points (3+2) in four games with Buffalo since being acquired by the Sabres on March 6. Connor Clifton (1+1) has notched one point in back-to-back games and a point in today’s game would match the longest point streak of his career. Rasmus Dahlin has tallied an assist in consecutive games and an assist in today’s game would give him an assist streak of three or more games for the fourth time in 2023-24 and the 24th time in his career. Jeff Skinner has recorded one point in back-to-back games (1+1) and a point today would give him his first point streak of three or more games since he registered a three-game point streak from Dec. 30 to Jan. 4 (2+4). Dylan Cozens has recorded one point in back-to-back games (1+1) and a point in today’s game would give him a three-game point streak. JJ Peterka has posted one point in each of his last two games (1+1) Dylan Cozens has recorded nine points (5+4) in his last six games against Detroit, including multi-goal performances on April 6, 2023, and Nov. 30, 2022. Owen Power (0+6) and JJ Peterka (1+5) have both registered six points in six career games against the Red Wings. In his last 14 games against Detroit, Rasmus Dahlin has recorded 14 points (4+10). Image [https://thehockeynews.com/.image/c_fit,h_600,w_600/MjA0OTAwNDgyNjA1MzkzMjQy/img_5780.jpg] LATEST THN BUFFALO STORIES The Sabres Decision That Has Paid Immediate Dividends [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/buffalo-sabres/news/the-sabres-decision-that-has-immediately-played-dividends] Where Are The Sabres Going? [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/buffalo-sabres/news/where-are-the-sabres-going]
