12/21/25 - 7:00pm at Prudential Center, in Newark, NJ Buffalo – 16-14-4 | - 36 points – 7th place in the Atlantic Division New Jersey – 20-14-1 | - 41 points – 5th place in the Metropolitan Division Special Teams Buffalo Power Play – 20.4% (13th) Penalty Kill – 84.8% (2nd) New Jersey Power Play – 20.9% (11th) Penalty Kill - 75.8% (28th) Top Scorers Buffalo Tage Thompson: 34 GP, 18 G, 13 A, 31 PTS Alex Tuch: 33 GP, 11 G, 18 A, 29 PTS Rasmus Dahlin: 31 GP, 4 G, 23 A, 27 PTS New Jersey Jesper Bratt: 35 GP, 6 G, 23 A, 29 PTS Nico Hischier: 35 GP, 10 G, 18 A, 28 PTS Timo Meier: 30 GP, 11 G, 12 A, 23 PTS Starting Goalies(projected) Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (4-5-1, 2.91 GAA, .884 Sv %) New Jersey – Jake Allen (10-7-0, 2.49 GAA, .912 Sv%) Other Sabres Stories Six Former Sabres Who Signed Elsewhere [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/buffalo-sabres/latest-news/six-former-sabres-who-signed-elsewhere] Guerin Gathering Info On Possible Olympic Options [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/buffalo-sabres/latest-news/guerin-gathering-info-on-possible-olympic-options] Sabres fire GM Kevyn Adams Sabres Line Combinations and Pairings (projected) Forwards Peyton Krebs - Tage Thompson - Josh Doan Zach Benson - Ryan McLeod - Jack Quinn Noah Ostlund - Josh Norris - Alex Tuch Jordan Greenway - Beck Malenstyn - Tyson Kozak Ex. Josh Dunne Defense Mattias Samuelsson - Rasmus Dahlin Bowen Byram - Michael Kesselring Jacob Bryson - Owen Power Ex. Zach Metsa Goaltenders Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Alex Lyon Injuries Justin Danforth (lower body, Oct. 18; injured reserve) Jiri Kulich (blood clot, Nov. 4; injured reserve) Jason Zucker (lower body, Dec 10; injured reserve) Colten Ellis (concussion protocol, Dec 11: injured reserve) Conor Timmins (lower body, Dec 19: injured reserve) Notes The Sabres are riding a five-game winning streak and a win tonight would extend their season-long winning streak to six games. A win tonight would mark the longest winning streak by Buffalo since the team’s six-game winning streak from Dec. 13 to 31, 2022. Buffalo has earned 23 winning streaks of six or more games in franchise history, including eight following the 2004-05 lockout. Tage Thompson has recorded 10 points (6+4) in his last nine games, including at least one goal in six consecutive games.A goal tonight would give Thompson the longest goal streak of his career (7 games), which would mark the longest streak by a Sabres skater since Miroslav Satan from Dec. 19, 1998 to Jan. 2, 1999 (8 games). He would become the eighth Sabres skater in franchise history to register a goal streak of seven or more games. Alex Tuch has posted 13 points (4+9) in his last 13 games, including five points his last five contests (2+3). Alex Lyon has made 134 saves on 145 shots in his last five appearances (.924). Zach Benson has notched four points (2+2) in his last four games.A point in tonight’s game would mark the second time this season that Benson has recorded at least five points in any five-game span (Oct. 15 to 24, 2025; 0+7). Josh Norris has collected nine points (3+6) in his last seven games. Rasmus Dahlin has recorded 11 points (3+8) in his last nine games, including one point in back-to-back contests (1+1). Tonight’s game concludes Buffalo’s fifth of 13 back-to-back sets in 2025-26, which opened with a 3-2 shootout win over the New York Islanders last night. The Sabres are 2-3-0 in the first game of back-to-back sets and 2-1-1 in the second game so far this season. Follow Michael on X, Instagram @MikeInBuffalo [https://twitter.com/MikeInBuffalo] THN.Com/Free [https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/51fe9e8d-c244-4978-b694-3c1767eb2073.jpeg] THN.Com/Free
