The Buffalo Sabres begin a stretch of three games in four nights at home on Saturday against the Tampa Bay Lightning. [https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/b902905a-8d09-45a0-b818-68f1e06a7507.jpeg] The Buffalo Sabres begin a stretch of three games in four nights at home on Saturday against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Buffalo Sabres – Tampa Bay Lightning 4/5/25 – 7:00pm EST at Key Bank Center, Buffalo, NY Record Buffalo – 32-36-6 | 70 points – 7th place in the Atlantic Division Tampa Bay – 44-26-5 | 93 points – 2nd place in the Atlantic DivisionT Special Teams Buffalo Power Play – 18.3% (26th) Penalty Kill – 76.3% (23rd) Tampa Bay Power Play – 25.1% (7th) Penalty Kill – 82.1% (5th) Top Scorers Buffalo Tage Thompson: 68 GP, 39 G, 27 A, 66 PTS JJ Peterka: 69 GP, 23 G, 37 A, 60 PTS Rasmus Dahlin: 65 GP, 14 G, 45 A, 59 PTS Tampa Bay Nikita Kucherov: 71 GP, 33 G, 78 A, 111 PTS Brandon Hagel: 75 GP, 34 G, 48 A, 82 PTS Brayden Point: 70 GP, 38 G, 37 A, 75 PTS Starting Goalies Buffalo [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/buffalo-sabres]– James Reimer (7-6-2, 2.75 GAA, .905 save %) Tampa Bay – Andrei Vasilevskiy (36-20-3, 2.16 GAA, .922 save %) Other Sabres Stories Sabres Ownership Ranked Worst In NHL By Survey In The Athletic [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/buffalo-sabres/latest-news/sabres-ownership-ranked-worst-in-nhl-by-survey-in-the-athletic] Is Peterka In Prime Position For Big Payday? [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/buffalo-sabres/latest-news/is-peterka-in-prime-position-for-big-payday] Dahlin Refutes Assertion Of Wanting Out Of Buffalo [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/buffalo-sabres/latest-news/dahlin-refutes-assertion-of-wanting-out-of-buffalo] Line Combinations and Pairings Forwards Zach Benson - Jiri Kulich - Tage Thompson JJ Peterka - Ryan McLeod - Jack Quinn Jason Zucker– Peyton Krebs - Alex Tuch Beck Malenstyn – Noah Ostlund – Sam Lafferty Defense Mattias Samuelsson – Rasmus Dahlin Owen Power - Jacob Bernard-Docker Bowen Byram - Connor Clifton Ex. Jacob Bryson Goaltenders James Reimer Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Injuries Josh Norris (day-to-day – mid-body) Jordan Greenway (day-to-day – unknown) Tyson Kozak (week-to-week – mid-body) Notes The Sabres have earned a win in five of their last six games. Buffalo has registered 32 goals in its last six games (5.33 goals per game) and a five-goal performance tonight would mark the highest goal total the Sabres have had in any seven-game span since they recorded 38 goals from Oct. 14 to 28, 2006. The Sabres have earned at least one point in six of their last eight meetings with the Lightning (5-2-1). In his last 14 games, Ryan McLeod has posted 17 points (5+12) and has recorded at least one point in three straight games. JJ Peterka has tallied 28 points (13+15) in his last 25 games and he has registered 16 points (6+10) in his last 14 games. Tage Thompson has posted 41 points (23+18) in his last 39 games, including six points (5+1) in his last six games. Peyton Krebs is riding a career-best five-game point streak and he has tallied six points (3+3) in that span. Jack Quinn has recorded at least one point in five consecutive games and he has tallied nine points (4+5) in that span. In his last six games, Alex Tuch has posted nine points (6+3), including at least one point in four straight games. Tuch has recorded at least one goal in four straight games and a goal tonight would mark the longest goal streak of his career. Follow Michael on X, Instagram, and Bluesky @MikeInBuffalo
