OTP - Can The Sabres Score Enough? 11/05/24 at 7:00 pm at Key Bank Center in Buffalo, NY Record Buffalo – 4-7-1 | 9 points – 7th place in the Atlantic Division Ottawa – 6-5-0 | 12 points – 5th place in the Atlantic Division Special Teams Buffalo Power Play – 8.6% (32nd) Penalty Kill – 71.8% (27th) Ottawa Power Play – 33.3% (3rd) Penalty Kill - 77.4% (19th) Top Scorers Buffalo Tage Thompson: 12 GP, 7 G, 6 A, 13 PTS Alex Tuch: 12 GP, 4 G, 6 A, 10 PTS Owen Power: 12 GP, 3 G, 6 A, 9 PTS Ottawa Tim Stützle: 11 GP, 6 G, 10 A, 16 PTS Brady Tkachuk: 11 GP, 7 G, 8 A, 15 PTS Drake Batherson: 11 GP, 5 G, 7 A, 12 PTS Starting Goalies Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (3-4-1, 3.16 GAA, .893 save %) Ottawa – Linus Ullmark (2-3-0, 2.62 GAA, .902 save %) Line Combinations and Pairings Buffalo Forwards JJ Peterka-Tage Thompson-Alex Tuch Zach Benson/Jiri Kulich-Dylan Cozens-Jack Quinn Jason Zucker-Ryan McLeod-Jordan Greenway Beck Malenstyn-Peyton Krebs-Sam Lafferty/Nicolas Aube-Kubel Defense Rasmus Dahlin-Bowen Byram Owen Power-Jacob Bryson Mattias Samuelsson-Henri Jokiharju Ex. Dennis Gilbert, Connor Clifton Goaltenders Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Devon Levi Injuries Zach Benson(day-to-day - Lower Body) Notes The Sabres have earned a win in three of their last four home games against the Senators and they have scored four or more goals in each of those wins. Tage Thompson has registered at least one point in each of his last five home games and he has tallied eight points (4+4) in those games. In his last five games overall, Thompson has recorded seven points (3+4). Owen Power has recorded six points (1+5) in his last five games, including at least one point in each of his last four home games. In his last nine games, Jason Zucker has posted nine points (3+6), including at least one in each of his last five home games (3+3). A point in tonight’s game would give Zucker the longest home-point streak of his career (six games). Including his current home point streak of five games, Zucker has recorded four five-game home point streaks in his career. Rasmus Dahlin has notched five points (1+4) in his last four games. Dahlin is one assist away from tying Doug Bodger for the fourth-most assists by a defenseman in franchise history (233) and is one point away from reaching 300 points in his career. Follow Michael on X @MikeInBuffalo [https://twitter.com/MikeInBuffalo] Image [https://thehockeynews.com/.image/c_fit,h_600,w_600/MjA5MjU5NzgzNDExMjE0MTgw/subscribe2024-front-banner.jpg]
