3/8/26 - 6:00pm at KeyBank Center, in Buffalo, NY Buffalo – 38-19-6 | - 82 points – 2nd place in the Atlantic Division Tampa Bay – 39-18-4 | - 82 points – 1st place in the Atlantic Division Special Teams Buffalo Power Play – 19.6% (19th) Penalty Kill – 83.1% (5th) Tampa Bay Power Play – 21.9% (13th) Penalty Kill - 83.4% (3rd) Top Scorers Buffalo Tage Thompson: 63 GP, 34 G, 32 A, 66 PTS Rasmus Dahlin: 59 GP, 12 G, 42 A, 54 PTS Alex Tuch: 62 GP, 25 G, 29 A, 54 PTS Tampa Bay Nikita Kucherov: 57 GP, 32 G, 68 A, 100 PTS Jake Guentzel: 61 GP, 27 G, 40 A, 67 PTS Brandon Hagel: 56 GP, 29 G, 28 A, 57 PTS Starting Goalies(projected) Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (14-7-2, 2.55 GAA, .910 Sv %) Tampa Bay – Andrei Vasilevskiy (29-10-3, 2.25 GAA, .914 Sv %) Other Sabres Stories Six Former Sabres Who Signed Elsewhere [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/buffalo-sabres/latest-news/six-former-sabres-who-signed-elsewhere] Sabres strike out on Parayko, add Stanley and Schenn Sabres Line Combinations and Pairings (projected) Forwards Peyton Krebs - Tage Thompson - Alex Tuch Noah Ostlund - Josh Norris - Josh Doan Jason Zucker - Ryan McLeod - Jack Quinn Zach Benson - Sam Carrick - Beck Malenstyn Ex. Josh Dunne, Tyson Kozak, Tanner Pearson Defense Mattias Samuelsson - Rasmus Dahlin Bowen Byram - Owen Power Zach Metsa -. Michael Kesselring Ex. Logan Stanley, Luke Schenn Goaltenders Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Alex Lyon Colten Ellis Injuries Justin Danforth (lower body, Oct. 18; injured reserve) Jiri Kulich (blood clot, Nov. 4; injured reserve - out for the season) Conor Timmins (broken leg, Dec. 20; injured reserve) Zach Benson (upper-body, Feb 3, day-to-day) Notes The Sabres have earned at least one point in 13 of their last 15 contests (12-2-1), including wins in each of their last six games. It marks the first time Buffalo has registered multiple winning streaks of at least six games since it recorded winning streaks of six, seven and eight games in 2005-06. A win tonight would mark the fourth time in franchise history that the Sabres have earned multiple winning streaks of seven or more games in a single season. They also did so in 2006-06 (7 games, 8 games), 1983-84 (7 games, 10 games) and 1975-76 (7 games, 8 games). Since Dec. 9, the Sabres ranked first among all NHL teams in wins (27), regulation wins (24) and points (56). Tage Thompson has recorded 45 points (22+23) in his last 38 games, including 35 points (16+19) in his last 28 games. Thompson is riding a 10-game point streak (6+4) and a point tonight would extend the longest point streak of his career to 11 games. A point tonight would give Thompson the longest point streak by a Sabres skater since Jack Eichel from Nov. 16 to Dec. 21, 2019 (18 games; 16+16). Rasmus Dahlin has recorded 25 points (8+17) in his last 20 games, including six points (1+5) in his last four contests. Josh Norris has posted six points (3+3) in his last five games. Alex Tuch has recorded at least one point in five consecutive games and he has six points (3+3) in that span.Tuch has notched three point streaks of five or more games this season. Owen Power has collected four points (2+2) in his last four games. Bowen Byram is one assist away from 100 in his NHL career. Noah Ostlund has recorded an assist in three straight games and an assist tonight would extend the longest assist streak of his career to four games. Dating back to Jan. 19, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has appeared in six games and he has made 152 saves on 162 shots (.938) in that span Follow Michael on X, Instagram @MikeInBuffalo [https://twitter.com/MikeInBuffalo] THN.com/Free [https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/ec8ddd14-b1dc-4572-93de-52eeedd46a4b.jpeg] THN.com/Free
