Can The Sabres Build Off Consecutive Wins Against Pittsburgh?

   

Buffalo Sabres – Pittsburgh Penguins

Defenseman Jacob Bernard-Docker scored his first goal as a Buffalo Sabre in a 3-2 victory over Ottawa on Tuesday. 

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.