Sabres winger Alex Tuch takes on his former club as the Vegas Golden Knights visit Buffalo on Saturday afternoon. [https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/73738a91-2f57-4443-9857-a94d102d4d89.webp] Sabres winger Alex Tuch takes on his former club as the Vegas Golden Knights visit Buffalo on Saturday afternoon. Buffalo Sabres [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/buffalo-sabres] vs. Vegas Golden Knights [https://x.com/juliangaudio89/status/1900603265542234219] 3/15/25 at 12:30 pm at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, NY Record Buffalo – 25-33-6 | 56 points – 8th place in the Atlantic Division Vegas – 39-19-7 | 85 points – 1st place in the Pacific Division Special Teams Buffalo Power Play – 16.9% (27th) Penalty Kill – 76.0% (24th) Vegas Power Play – 29.0% (2nd) Penalty Kill - 76.7% (21st) Top Scorers Buffalo Tage Thompson: 58 GP, 34 G, 24 A, 58 PTS Rasmus Dahlin: 56 GP, 11 G, 40 A, 51 PTS JJ Peterka: 61 GP, 19 G, 32 A, 51 PTS Vegas Jack Eichel: 64 GP, 20 G, 59 A, 79 PTS Mark Stone: 51 GP, 17 G, 40 A, 57 PTS Tomas Hertl: 65 GP, 27 G, 27 A, 54 PTS Starting Goalies Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (21-21-4, 3.19 GAA, .889 save %) Vegas – Ilya Samsonov (15-8-3, 2.81 GAA, .889 save %) Line Combinations and Pairings Forwards Zach Benson – Tage Thompson - Alex Tuch Jason Zucker - Ryan McLeod - Jordan Greenway Peyton Krebs - Jiri Kulich - Jack Quinn Beck Malenstyn - Tyson Kozak - Sam Lafferty Defense Mattias Samuelsson - Rasmus Dahlin Owen Power - Connor Clifton Bowen Byram - Jacob Bryson Ex. Jacob Bernard-Docker Goaltenders Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen James Reimer Injuries Josh Norris (unspecificied - middle body) JJ Peterka (day-to-day - lower body) Former Captain Eichel Returns To Face Sabres [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/buffalo-sabres/latest-news/former-captain-eichel-returns-to-face-sabres] Notes The Sabres have earned a win in three of their last four games against the Golden Knights. Buffalo has earned at least one point in five of the six home games it has played against Vegas all-time (4-1-1). Tage Thompson has posted 33 points (18+15) in his last 29 games, including 18 points (12+6) in his last 14. Thompson has registered multiple points and at least one goal in back-to-back games and a goal today would give him his fifth goal streak of three or more games this season. A multi-point performance today would mark the second time Thompson has recorded multiple points in three consecutive games this season (Oct. 19 to 26, 2024; 4+3). Rasmus Dahlin has registered 20 points (5+15) in his last 19 games and 16 points (2+14) in his last 14 home games. Alex Tuch has collected 14 points (9+5) in his last 14 games. Josh Norris has notched one point in two consecutive games (1+1), and a goal today would give him his third three-game point streak this season. In his last four games, Ryan McLeod has recorded four assists, including one assist in back-to-back games. An assist in today’s game would give McLeod the longest assist streak of his career (three games). Zach Benson has registered four points (1+3) in his last four games. Jason Zucker has recorded one point in three straight games against Vegas (2+1). In two starts against Vegas in his career, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has earned two wins and posted a .940 save percentage and a 2.00 goals-against average. In that span, Luukkonen made 63 saves on 67 shots. Follow Michael on X, Instagram, and Bluesky @MikeInBuffalo [https://twitter.com/MikeInBuffalo]
