2/27/26 – 7:00pm at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, FL
Buffalo – 33-19-6 | – 72 factors – third place within the Atlantic Division
Florida – 30-25-3 | – 63 factors – seventh place within the Atlantic Division
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Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 19.8% (sixteenth)
Penalty Kill – 82.7% (sixth)
Florida
Power Play – 19.2% (twentieth)
Penalty Kill – 82.4% (eighth)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Tage Thompson: 58 GP, 31 G, 30 A, 61 PTS
Alex Tuch: 57 GP, 22 G, 26 A, 48 PTS
Rasmus Dahlin: 54 GP, 11 G, 37 A, 48 PTS
Florida
Sam Reinhart: 58 GP, 27 G, 29 A, 56 PTS
Brad Marchand: 47 GP, 27 G, 25 A, 52 PTS
Sam Bennett: 58 GP, 19 G, 24 A, 43 PTS
Starting Goalies(projected)
Buffalo – Alex Lyon (14-8-3, 2.72 GAA, .913 Sv %)
Florida – Daniil Tarasov (8-8-2, 2.83 GAA, .899 Sv %)
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Sabres Line Combinations and Pairings (projected)
Forwards
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Peyton Krebs – Tage Thompson – Alex Tuch
Noah Ostlund – Josh Norris – Josh Doan
Jason Zucker – Ryan McLeod – Jack Quinn
Josh Dunne – Tyson Kozak – Beck Malenstyn
Ex. Anton Wahlberg
Defense
Mattias Samuelsson – Rasmus Dahlin
Bowen Byram – Owen Power
Zach Metsa -. Michael Kesselring
Ex. Jacob Bryson
Goaltenders
Alex Lyon
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
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)
Zach Benson (upper-body, Feb 3, day-to-day)
Notes
The Sabres have earned not less than one level in eight of their final 10 contests (7-2-1), together with not less than one level in each street contest in that span. Some extent in tonight’s recreation would give Buffalo its longest street level streak of the season (eight video games). • It would mark the primary street level streak of eight or extra video games by a Sabres group for the reason that 2006-07 Sabres earned 10 consecutive street wins to start the season from Oct. 4 to Nov. 13, 2006.
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Since Dec. 9, the Sabres are tied with Tampa Bay for first amongst all NHL groups in wins (22) and factors (46) getting into play on Thursday. Buffalo’s 19 regulation wins in that span are three greater than the next-closest groups (Colorado, Tampa Bay) getting into play on Thursday. Buffalo has not misplaced consecutive video games in regulation for the reason that group fell in three straight from Dec. 3 at Philadelphia to Dec. 8 at Calgary.
Owen Power is anticipated to play in his three hundredth NHL recreation tonight.
Rasmus Dahlin has recorded 19 factors (7+12) in his final 15 video games, together with 5 assists in his final 5 contests.
Ryan McLeod has recorded 19 factors (4+15) in his final 18 video games, together with 10 assists in his final 9 video games.
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Tage Thompson has recorded 40 factors (19+21) in his final 33 video games, together with 30 factors (13+17) in his final 23 video games. Thompson is driving a five-game level streak (3+3) and some extent tonight would mark his fourth level streak of six or extra video games this season.
In his final 4 video games, Peyton Krebs has collected 5 factors (2+3).
Bowen Byram has registered an help in back-to-back video games and he would match the longest help streak of the season (Dec. 21 to 27; 2+3) with an help tonight.
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