2/5/26 – 7:00pm at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, NY
Buffalo – 32-18-6 | – 70 factors – 4th place within the Atlantic Division
Pittsburgh – 28-15-12 | – 68 factors – 2nd place within the Metropolitan Division
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Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 20.1% (sixteenth)
Penalty Kill – 82.1% (ninth)
Pittsburgh
Power Play – 26.4% (third)
Penalty Kill – 84.2% (third)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Tage Thompson: 56 GP, 29 G, 29 A, 58 PTS
Alex Tuch: 55 GP, 22 G, 26 A, 48 PTS
Rasmus Dahlin: 52 GP, 11 G, 36 A, 47 PTS
Pittsburgh
Sidney Crosby: 55 GP, 27 G, 32 A, 59 PTS
Evgeni Malkin: 40 GP, 13 G, 30 A, 43 PTS
Anthony Mantha: 55 GP, 20 G, 21 A, 41 PTS
Starting Goalies(projected)
Buffalo – Alex Lyon (14-7-3, 2.66 GAA, .914 Sv %)
Pittsburgh – Stuart Skinner (19-12-5, 2.79 GAA, .890 Sv%)
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Sabres Line Combinations and Pairings (projected)
Forwards
Jason Zucker – Tage Thompson – Alex Tuch
Josh Doan – Ryan McLeod – Jack Quinn
Konsta Helenius – Peyton Krebs – Noah Ostlund
Isak Rosen – Tyson Kozak – Beck Malenstyn
Ex. Jordan Greenway,
Defense
Mattias Samuelsson – Rasmus Dahlin
Bowen Byram – Owen Power
Zach Metsa -. Michael Kesselring
Ex. Jacob Bryson
Goaltenders
Alex Lyon
Colten Ellis
Injuries
Justin Danforth (decrease physique, Oct. 18; injured reserve)
Jiri Kulich (blood clot, Nov. 4; injured reserve)
Conor Timmins (damaged leg, Dec. 20; injured reserve)
Josh Dunne (mid-body, Jan. 14; injured reserve)
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Josh Norris (ribs, Jan. 16, week-to-week)
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (lower-body, Jan 29, injured reserve)
Zach Benson (upper-body, Feb 3, day-to-day)
Notes
With a win tonight, Buffalo would have 22 wins in a 28-game span for the primary time in franchise historical past. The Sabres have recorded at the least one level in 23 of their final 27 video games (21-4-2), together with wins in 5 of their final six video games. Their 21 wins and 44 factors in that span (since Dec. 9) had been probably the most amongst all NHL groups coming into play on Wednesday.
The Sabres have allowed simply 2.52 objectives per sport in that span, the third-fewest amongst all NHL groups coming into play on Wednesday. Buffalo has not misplaced consecutive video games in regulation for the reason that workforce fell in three straight from Dec. 3 at Philadelphia to Dec. 8 at Calgary.
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Mattias Samuelsson has posted 12 factors (4+8) in his final 12 video games.
In his final 14 contests, Jack Quinn has recorded 14 factors (5+9). Quinn has registered an help in back-to-back contests.
Ryan McLeod has recorded 18 factors (4+14) in his final 16 video games, together with at the least one help in two straight matchups.
Alex Tuch has tallied seven factors (5+2) in his final six video games.
Rasmus Dahlin has recorded 18 factors (7+11) in his final 13 video games, together with at the least one level in six straight video games and at the least one help in every of his final 5. Dahlin would match the second-longest level streak of his profession (seven video games; Nov. 5 to twenty, 2024; 4+6) with some extent in tonight’s sport. With an help tonight, Dahlin would match the longest help streak of his profession (six video games; twice). With his two assists on Feb. 2 at Florida, Dahlin (312 assists) surpassed Don Luce and gained sole possession of seventh place all-time in franchise historical past. Dahlin is at the moment tied with Rick Martin for the sixth-most assists in franchise historical past.
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Tage Thompson has recorded 37 factors (17+20) in his final 31 video games, together with 27 factors (11+16) in his final 21 video games. Thompson is using a three-game level streak (1+2) and some extent tonight would mark his fifth level streak of 4 or extra video games this season.
Josh Doan has tallied at the least one level in back-to-back video games, together with a purpose in every. A purpose tonight would mark the second-longest purpose streak of his profession, trailing solely his four-game purpose streak from Dec. 31, 2025 to Jan. 8, 2026 (4+1).
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