Buffalo Sabres – Pittsburgh Penguins
3/27/25 – 7:00pm EST at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
Record
Buffalo – 29-35-6 | 64 points – 8th place in the Atlantic Division
Pittsburgh – 29-33-11 | 69 points – 7th place in the Metropolitan Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 17.9% (27th)
Penalty Kill – 76.4% (22nd)
Pittsburgh
Power Play – 24.4% (10th)
Penalty Kill – 77.2% (18th)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Tage Thompson: 64 GP, 35 G, 26 A, 61 PTS
Rasmus Dahlin: 62 GP, 13 G, 42 A, 55 PTS
JJ Peterka: 65 GP, 22 G, 33 A, 55 PTS
Pittsburgh
Sidney Crosby: 71 GP, 25 G, 54 A, 79 PTS
Rickard Rakell: 72 GP, 32 G, 30 A, 62 PTS
Bryan Rust: 62 GP, 26 G, 29 A, 55 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – James Reimer (4-6-2, 2.68 GAA, .907 save %)
Pittsburgh – Tristan Jarry (12-10-5, 3.20 GAA, .891 save %)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Forwards
Zach Benson - Jiri Kulich - Tage Thompson
JJ Peterka - Ryan McLeod - Jack Quinn
Isak Rosen– Peyton Krebs - Alex Tuch
Beck Malenstyn - Tyson Kozak – Sam Lafferty
Defense
Mattias Samuelsson - Rasmus Dahlin
Owen Power - Jacob Bernard-Docker
Bowen Byram - Connor Clifton
Ex. Jacob Bryson
Goaltenders
James Reimer
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Injuries
Josh Norris (day-to-day – mid-body)
Jason Zucker (day-to-day – personal)
Jordan Greenway (day-to-day – unknown)

Notes
The Buffalo Sabres have earned at least one point in three of their last four meetings with the Penguins (2-1-1).
JJ Peterka has tallied 23 points (12+11) in his last 21 games and he has registered 11 points (5+6) in his last 10 games. Peterka has registered 20 points (7+13) in his last 17 home games, including six points (2+4) in his last six home contests. Peterka is riding a four-game point streak (3+1) and a point in tonight’s game would give him his fourth point streak of five or more games this season.
In his last 10 games, Ryan McLeod has posted 12 points (3+9), including one point in three straight home games (1+2). A point tonight would give McLeod his fourth point streak of at least three games this season.
Tage Thompson has posted 36 points (19+17) in his last 35 games, including 21 points (13+8) in his last 20.
Rasmus Dahlin has registered one point in three consecutive games (1+2) and a point tonight would give him his fifth point streak of four or more games this season.
Jacob Bernard-Docker has recorded three points (1+2) in his last two games. A point in tonight’s game would give Bernard-Docker his first three-game point streak of his career.