Did The Sabres Season End In Detroit 3/27/24 – 7:00 pm EST at Key Bank Center in Buffalo, NY Record Buffalo – 34-33-5 | 73 points – 6th place in Atlantic Division Ottawa – 30-36-5 | 64 points – 8th place in Atlantic Division Special Teams Buffalo Power Play – 16.3% (27th) Penalty Kill – 78.6% (20th) Ottawa Power Play – 17.7% (24th) Penalty Kill – 73.0% (31st) Top Scorers Buffalo Rasmus Dahlin: 71 GP, 17 G, 35 A, 52 PTS Alex Tuch: 65 GP, 19 G, 29 A, 48 PTS Tage Thompson: 61 GP, 22 G, 23 A, 45 PTS Ottawa Tim Stützle: 70 GP, 18 G, 50 A, 68 PTS Brady Tkachuk: 69 GP, 31 G, 30 A, 61 PTS Claude Giroux: 70 GP, 19 G, 40 A, 59 PTS Starting Goalies Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (24-18-3, 2.48 GAA, .913 save %) Ottawa – Joonas Korpisalo (17-21-4, 3.33 GAA, .888 save %) Line Combinations and Pairings Buffalo Forwards Jordan Greenway-Tage Thompson-Alex Tuch JJ Peterka-Dylan Cozens-Jack Quinn Jeff Skinner-Peyton Krebs-Zach Benson Eric Robinson-Zemgus Girgensons-Victor Olofsson Ex. Tyson Jost Defense Bowen Byram-Rasmus Dahlin Owen Power-Henri Jokiharju Jacob Bryson-Connor Clifton Ex. Kale Clague Goaltenders Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Devon Levi Eric Comrie Injuries Lukas Rousek (day-to-day – lower body) Notes The Sabres have earned a win in three consecutive home games against the Senators. A win in tonight’s game would give Buffalo a win in four straight home games against Ottawa since the team earned seven consecutive home wins against the Senators from Jan. 28, 2000, to March 19, 2002. Tage Thompson has recorded 10 points (4+6) in his last eight games. A point in tonight’s game would give Thompson a six-game point streak, which would be tied for the second-longest point streak of his career. In his last seven games, Alex Tuch has tallied eight points (2+6) and he is riding a five-game point streak (1+6). Tuch has tallied at least one assist in five straight games and an assist in tonight’s game would give him the longest assist streak of his career. JJ Peterka has posted four points (3+1) in his last four games. Peterka has recorded at least one goal in each of his last two games and a goal in tonight’s game would give him the longest goal streak of his career. Connor Clifton has notched one point in each of his last two games (1+1). A point in tonight’s game would give him his second three-game point streak of the season, which is the longest of his career. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has allowed three or fewer goals in 27 of his last 29 games. Luukkonen recorded an assist on March 24 at Calgary and a point in tonight’s game would make him the first Sabres goaltender since Dominik Hasek from Feb. 6 to 11, 1994 to record a point in consecutive games. He would become the fifth Sabres goaltender to do so at least one time with Buffalo (Tom Barrasso, three times; Jacques Cloutier; Hasek; Clint Malarchuk). 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]
