Buffalo Sabres – New York Rangers Game Preview

11/07/24 – 7:00 pm EST at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY

Record

Buffalo – 5-7-1 | 11 points – 7th place in the Atlantic Division

New York – 8-2-1 | 17 points – 4th place in the Metropolitan Division

Special Teams

Buffalo

Power Play – 12.8% (31st)

Penalty Kill – 73.8% (24th)

New York

Power Play – 28.1% (6th)

Penalty Kill – 92.3% (2nd)

Top Scorers

Buffalo

Tage Thompson: 13 GP, 8 G, 7 A, 15 PTS

JJ Peterka: 11 GP, 6 G, 5 A, 11 PTS

Alex Tuch: 13 GP, 6 G, 5 A, 11 PTS

New York

Artemi Panarin: 11 GP, 9 G, 9 A, 18 PTS

Mika Zibanejad: 11 GP, 2 G, 8 A, 10 PTS

Alexis Lafrenière: 11 GP, 5 G, 5 A, 10 PTS

Starting Goalies

Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (4-4-1, 2.92 GAA, .904 save %)

New York – Igor Shesterkin (6-2-1, 2.22 GAA, .933 save %)

Line Combinations and Pairings

Buffalo

Forwards

JJ Peterka - Tage Thompson - Alex Tuch

Zach Benson - Dylan Cozens - Jack Quinn

Jason Zucker - Ryan McLeod - Jordan Greenway

Beck Malenstyn - Peyton Krebs – Sam Lafferty

Defense

Rasmus Dahlin - Bowen Byram

Owen Power - Connor Clifton

Jacob Bryson – Dennis Gilbert

Ex., Henri Jokiharju, Mattias Samuelsson

Goaltenders

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Devon Levi

Notes

The Sabres have earned at least one point in six of their last seven games against the Rangers (3-1-3) and they have earned at least one point in four straight road games against New York (2-0-2). Five of the last seven games between Buffalo and New York have been decided in overtime or a shootout.