OTP - Making A Trade Is Nearly Impossible This Early In The Season 12/14/24 – 7:00 pm EST at Capital One Arena, Washington, DC Record Buffalo – 11-14-4 | 26 points – 7th place in the Atlantic Division Washington – 20-6-2 | 42 points – 1st place in the Metropolitan Division Special Teams Buffalo Power Play – 14.1% (30th) Penalty Kill – 80.7% (T-13th) Washington Power Play – 20.9% (17th) Penalty Kill – 83.5% (4th) Top Scorers Buffalo Alex Tuch: 29 GP, 8 G, 16 A, 24 PTS Tage Thompson: 24 GP, 16 G, 7 A, 23 PTS Jason Zucker: 29 GP, 7 G, 13 A, 20 PTS Washington Dylan Strome: 28 GP, 9 G, 27 A, 36 PTS Connor McMichael: 28 GP, 15 G, 11 A, 26 PTS Aliaksei Protas: 28 GP, 11 G, 15 A, 26 PTS Starting Goalies Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (8-8-3, 2.79 GAA, .903 save %) Washington – Logan Thompson (11-1-2, 2.48 GAA, .913 save %) Line Combinations and Pairings Buffalo Forwards JJ Peterka – Tage Thompson - Alex Tuch Zach Benson - Jiri Kulich - Dylan Cozens Jack Quinn - Ryan McLeod - Jason Zucker Beck Malenstyn - Peyton Krebs - Nicolas Aube-Kubel Ex. Sam Lafferty Defense Ryan Johnson - Bowen Byram Mattias Samuelsson - Owen Power Jacob Bryson - Henri Jokiharju Ex. Dennis Gilbert - Connor Clifton Goaltenders Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen James Reimer Injuries Rasmus Dahlin (day-to-day – back spasms) Jordan Greenway (day-to-day – mid-body) Notes The Sabres have earned at least one point in eight consecutive games against the Capitals (4-0-4). Their current point streak against Washington is their longest since they earned at least one point in 22 straight games against the Capitals from Nov. 11, 1978, to Nov. 16, 1984 (18-0-4). Buffalo possesses an all-time points percentage against Washington of .606, the second-highest among all active teams the Sabres have faced in franchise history (San Jose; .700). Owen Power is riding a three-game point streak (1+3). Power would match the second-longest point streak of his career with a point in tonight’s game. Peyton Krebs has recorded three assists in his last two games, including at least one in each of those games. A point in tonight’s game would give Krebs the longest point streak of his career. Jason Zucker has registered six points (2+4) in his last five games. Tage Thompson has tallied five goals in his last five games. In his last six games against the Capitals, Thompson has registered 10 points (5+5), including at least one point in back-to-back games against Washington (1+3). Follow Michael on X, Instagram, and Bluesky @MikeInBuffalo [https://twitter.com/MikeInBuffalo]
