Sabres Have Not Talked About Being Sellers 2/29/24 – 7:00 pm EST at Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL Record Buffalo – 27-28-4 | 58 points – 6th place in Atlantic Division Tampa Bay – 32-24-5 | 69 points – 5th place in Atlantic Division Special Teams Buffalo Power Play – 15.2% (27th) Penalty Kill – 79.1% (17th) Tampa Bay Power Play – 29.0% (2nd) Penalty Kill – 80.7% (13th) Top Scorers Buffalo Rasmus Dahlin: 58 GP, 14 G, 30 A, 44 PTS Casey Mittelstadt: 59 GP, 13 G, 31 A, 44 PTS Alex Tuch: 52 GP, 16 G, 23 A, 39 PTS Tampa Bay Nikita Kucherov: 60 GP, 38 G, 65 A, 103 PTS Brayden Point: 61 GP, 30 G, 33 A, 63 PTS Victor Hedman: 59 GP, 10 G, 49 A, 59 PTS Starting Goalies Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (17-15-2, 2.47 GAA, .914 save %) Tampa Bay – Andrei Vasilevskiy (20-15-0, 2.99 GAA, .896 save %) Line Combinations and Pairings Buffalo Forwards Jeff Skinner-Tage Thompson- Alex Tuch Jordan Greenway-Casey Mittelstadt-Dylan Cozens Zach Benson-Peyton Krebs-JJ Peterka Eric Robinson-Zemgus Girgensons-Kyle Okposo Ex. Tyson Jost Defense Rasmus Dahlin(maintenance)-Henri Jokiharju Owen Power-Ryan Johnson Jacob Bryson-Connor Clifton Goaltenders Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Eric Comrie Dustin Tokarski Injuries Jack Quinn (IR – lower body Erik Johnson (day-to-day – illness) Notes The Sabres are 7-2-0 in road contests since Jan. 1 and they rank third in road point percentage (.778) in that span. Buffalo has earned at least one point in five of its last six matchups with Tampa Bay (3-1-2). In Buffalo’s last 17 games, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has made 15 starts and has recorded 380 saves on 407 shots (.934) in that span. Luukkonen ranks seventh in goals-against average (2.47), fourth in shutouts (4), and 10th in save percentage (.914) this season. Rasmus Dahlin has skated 29 or minutes in each of Buffalo’s last seven games, which is the longest streak by a Sabre skater since the league began tracking time on ice in 1997-98. On Feb. 27 at Florida, Dahlin became the fourth Sabres skater, and the first since Rasmus Ristolainen from Dec. 5 to 8, 2017, to skate 30 or more minutes in consecutive games. No Sabres skater has ever done so in three consecutive games. Dylan Cozens has 14 points (5+9) in his last 14 games, including six points in his last six games (2+4). Owen Power has recorded one point in back-to-back games and a point in tonight’s game would give him his second point streak of three or more games this season. Power registered a four-game point streak (1+3) from Oct. 24 to Nov. 1. Image [https://thehockeynews.com/.image/c_fit,h_600,w_600/MjA0Mzk0MTAzMDA4NDA1Mjgw/img_5780.jpg] LATEST THN BUFFALO STORIES Where Could Erik Johnson Go At The Trade Deadline [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/buffalo-sabres/news/where-could-erik-johnson-go-at-the-trade-deadline] 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]
