OTP - Sending Levi To The AHL Is The Right Move 11/30/24 – 7:30 pm EST at UBS Arena, Elmont, NY Record Buffalo – 11-10-2 | 24 points – 5th place in the Atlantic Division NY Islanders – 8-10-6 | 22 points – 7th place in the Metropolitan Division Special Teams Buffalo Power Play – 15.7% (T-26th) Penalty Kill – 80.5% (11th) NY Islanders Power Play – 11.9% (32nd) Penalty Kill – 68.6% (31st) Top Scorers Buffalo Alex Tuch: 23 GP, 8 G, 14 A, 22 PTS Rasmus Dahlin: 23 GP, 6 G, 13 A, 19 PTS Tage Thompson: 18 GP, 11 G, 7 A, 18 PTS NY Islanders Kyle Palmieri: 24 GP, 10 G, 9 A, 19 PTS Brock Nelson: 24 GP, 10 G, 7 A, 17 PTS Anders Lee: 24 GP, 9 G, 8 A, 17 PTS Starting Goalies Buffalo – James Reimer (1-0-0, 2.00 GAA, .939 save %) NY Islanders – Ilya Sorokin (5-6-3, 2.70 GAA, .909 save %) Line Combinations and Pairings Buffalo Forwards JJ Peterka – Tage Thompson - Alex Tuch Zach Benson - Dylan Cozens - Peyton Krebs Jason Zucker - Jiri Kulich - Jack Quinn Beck Malenstyn - Ryan McLeod - Nicolas Aube-Kubel Ex. Tyson Kozak Defense Rasmus Dahlin - Bowen Byram Owen Power - Henri Jokiharju Jacob Bryson - Connor Clifton Ex. Dennis Gilbert Goaltenders James Reimer Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Injuries Sam Lafferty (day-to-day – lower body) Jordan Greenway (IR - week–to-week – middle body) Mattias Samuelsson (IR – lower body) Notes Buffalo has earned a win in two of its last three games against the Islanders. Alex Tuch has recorded 10 points (4+6) in his last eight games. Tuch has recorded at least one point in seven consecutive road contests and he has recorded eight points (3+5) in that span. Rasmus Dahlin has notched 17 points (6+11) in his last 15 games. Dahlin’s 72 career goals are the third-most by a defenseman in Sabres history and he is one goal away from tying Mike Ramsey for second place on Buffalo’s all-time list for defensemen. Dahlin is riding a four-game assist streak against the Islanders. An assist tonight would give Dahlin the longest assist streak against the Islanders by a Sabres defenseman in franchise history. Dylan Cozens has posted nine points (5+4) in his last nine games against the Islanders, including one goal in each of his last three. With a goal in tonight’s game, Cozens would become the first Sabres skater to record a goal streak of four or more games against the Islanders since Ales Kotalik from Oct. 29, 2005 to Oct. 26, 2006 (four games). Cozens (2+1) have each recorded three points in their last three games Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has earned a win in each of his last two games against the Islanders, including a 21-save shutout on March 14, 2024. Luukkonen has made 81 saves on 86 New York shots (.942) in three career games against the Islanders. Bowen Byram has registered at least one assist in back-to-back games against the Islanders (0+3) and he has four assists in his last four games against New York. Owen Power has collected at least one assist in back-to-back games against New York (0+3 Follow Michael on X, Instagram, and Bluesky @MikeInBuffalo [https://twitter.com/MikeInBuffalo]
