4/9/26 - 7:00pm at KeyBank Center, In Buffalo, NY Buffalo – 48-23-8 | - 104 points – 1st place in the Atlantic Division Columbus – 39-27-12 | - 90 points – 4th place in the Metropolitan Division Special Teams Buffalo Power Play – 20.1% (18th) Penalty Kill – 81.4% (9th) Columbus Power Play – 19.6% (21st) Penalty Kill - 75.9% (28th) Top Scorers Buffalo Tage Thompson: 79 GP, 38 G, 41 A, 79 PTS Rasmus Dahlin: 75 GP, 18 G, 53 A, 71 PTS Alex Tuch: 76 GP, 31 G, 32 A, 63 PTS Columbus Zach Werenski: 71 GP, 22 G, 58 A, 80 PTS Kirill Marchenko: 72 GP, 26 G, 39 A, 65 PTS Adam Fantilli: 78 GP, 23 G, 33 A, 56 PTS Starting Goalies(projected) Buffalo – Alex Lyon (20-10-4, 2.74 GAA, .907 Sv %) Columbus – Jet Greaves (25-16-9, 2.58 GAA, .910 Sv %) Other Sabres Stories Six Former Sabres Who Signed Elsewhere [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/buffalo-sabres/latest-news/six-former-sabres-who-signed-elsewhere] Lindy Ruff - Jack Adams Favorite? Sabres Line Combinations and Pairings (projected) Forwards Peyton Krebs - Tage Thompson - Alex Tuch Zach Benson - Josh Norris - Josh Doan Jason Zucker - Ryan McLeod - Jack Quinn Tanner Pearson - Tyson Kozak - Beck Malenstyn Ex., Josh Dunne, Jordan Greenway Defense Mattias Samuelsson - Rasmus Dahlin Owen Power - Bowen Byram Conor Timmins - Michael Kesselring Ex. Luke Schenn, Logan Stanley, Zach Metsa Goaltenders Alex Lyon Colten Ellis Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Injuries Justin Danforth (lower body, Oct. 18; injured reserve) Jiri Kulich (blood clot, Nov. 4; injured reserve - out for the season) Sam Carrick (upper body, Mar. 31; injured reserve) Noah Ostlund (upper body, Mar.25; day-to-day) Notes On April 4, Buffalo clinched a spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2010-11. The Sabres have earned at least one point in 25 of their last 31 contests (22-6-3), including a league-best 16 wins and 34 points since the Olympic break. Tage Thompson has tallied 56 points (25+31) in 49 games since Dec. 9 and his 22 even-strength goals in that span rank tied for fifth among all NHL skaters. Rasmus Dahlin ranks first among all Sabres skaters in assists (35) and second in points (51) since Dec. 9. His 11 even-strength goals in that span rank tied for first among all NHL defensemen. Josh Norris has registered five points (1+4) in his last five games, including a point in three straight contests (1+2). In his last five games, Bowen Byram has tallied five points (1+4), including at least one assist in back-to-back contests. Jason Zucker has posted one goal and one assist in back-to-back games, including the game-winning goal in both games. Zucker would become the first skater in franchise history to record the gamewinning goal in three straight games if he does so tonight. Zucker would join Dahlin (three games; Dec. 8 to 11; 2+5) as the only Sabres skaters to record a multi-point streak of three or more games in 2025-26 with two or more points in tonight’s game. Ryan McLeod has registered three points (1+2) and a plus-4 rating in his last two games. Zach Benson registered his first multi-goal performance of the season in last night’s win over the Rangers (2+0), his first since March 14, 2024 vs. NY Islanders. Alex Tuch has recorded a point in three consecutive games (2+1). Josh Doan has collected an assist in two straight games Follow Michael on X, Instagram @MikeInBuffalo [https://twitter.com/MikeInBuffalo] THN.com/Free [https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/c153a272-5a99-4595-97be-65c81703cba6.jpeg] THN.com/Free
