10/28/25 - 6:45pm at KeyBank Center, in Buffalo, NY Buffalo – 4-4-1 | - 9 points – T-5th place in the Atlantic Division Columbus – 4-4-0 | - 8 points – 7th place in the Metropolitan Division Special Teams Buffalo Power Play – 23.3% (10th) Penalty Kill – 93.9% (1st) Columbus Power Play – 15.0% (27th) Penalty Kill - 60.7% (32nd) Top Scorers Buffalo Tage Thompson: 9 GP, 4 G, 4 A, 8 PTS Alex Tuch: 9 GP, 3 G, 4 A, 7 PTS Zach Benson: 6 GP, 0 G, 7 A, 7 PTS Columbus Dmitri Voronkov: 8 GP, 5 G, 4 A, 9 PTS Kirill Marchenko: 8 GP, 5 G, 3 A, 8 PTS Boone Jenner: 8 GP, 2 G, 4 A, 6 PTS Starting Goalies Buffalo – Alex Lyon (3-4-0, 2.61 GAA, .923 Sv %) Columbus – Jet Greaves(Projected) (1-3-0, 2.79 GAA, .903 Sv %) Other Sabres Stories Projecting Sabres Trade Cost - Lawson Crouse [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/buffalo-sabres/latest-news/projecting-sabres-trade-cost---lawson-crouse] Six Former Sabres Who Signed Elsewhere [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/buffalo-sabres/latest-news/six-former-sabres-who-signed-elsewhere] Sabres Line Combinations and Pairings Forwards Zach Benson - Jiri Kulich - Tage Thompson Josh Doan - Ryan McLeod - Alex Tuch Jason Zucker - Noah Ostlund - Jack Quinn Beck Malenstyn - Peyton Krebs - Josh Dunne Ex. Mason Geersten Defense Bowen Byram - Rasmus Dahlin Owen Power - Conor Timmins, Mattias Samuelsson - Michael Kesselring Ex. Jacob Bryson Goaltenders Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Alex Lyon Colten Ellis Injuries Jordan Greenway (IR – mid body) Josh Norris (IR - upper body) Justin Danforth (IR - lower body) Tyson Kozak (IR - lower body) Notes Buffalo has earned at least one point in five of its last six games (4-1-1). The Sabres are riding a four-game home winning streak and a win tonight would mark the first home winning streak of five or more games by Buffalo since it won seven straight home games from March 10 to April 8, 2025. Tage Thompson has collected eight points (4+4) in his last seven games, including at least one goal in back-to-back games. A goal tonight would give Thompson his first goal streak of three or more games since March 30 to April 8, 2025 (five games). It would mark the 12th goal streak of three or more games in his career. Ryan McLeod has collected six points (2+4) in his last six games, including at least one assist in three straight contests (0+4). An assist in tonight’s game would give McLeod the longest assist streak of his career (four games). Mattias Samuelsson has registered four points (2+2) in his last three games and with a point tonight he would earn the longest point streak of his career (four games). Alex Tuch has recorded seven points (3+4) in his last seven games, including at least one point in each of his last five home games (3+4). Tuch would match his longest home point streak as a Sabre (Dec. 29, 2021 to Feb. 15, 2022; 3+5) with a point in tonight’s game. The longest home point streak of his career came with Vegas from Dec. 27, 2018 to Jan. 23, 2019 (eight games; 2+6). Jack Quinn has six points (3+3) in his last six games. In his last six games, Josh Doan has posted six points (2+4). Rasmus Dahlin has posted seven assists in his last seven games, including one assist in back-to-back games. Jiri Kulich has recorded four points (2+2) in his last four game Follow Michael on X, Instagram @MikeInBuffalo [https://twitter.com/MikeInBuffalo] THN.COM/Free [https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/550762f1-dc82-4ac1-973c-ca791b793255.jpeg] THN.COM/Free
