11/20/24 – 10:30 pm EST at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA
Record
Buffalo – 8-9-1 | 17 points – 6th place in the Atlantic Division
Los Angeles – 10-6-3 | 23 points – 2nd place in the Pacific Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 17.9% (18th)
Penalty Kill – 77.1% (23rd)
Los Angeles
Power Play – 15.5% (26th)
Penalty Kill – 80.3% (14th)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Tage Thompson: 16 GP, 11 G, 7 A, 18 PTS
Alex Tuch: 18 GP, 5 G, 12 A, 17 PTS
JJ Peterka: 16 GP, 7 G, 9 A, 16 PTS
Los Angeles
Anze Kopitar: 19 GP, 5 G, 16 A, 21 PTS
Adrian Kempe: 19 GP, 9 G, 9 A, 18 PTS
Alex Laferriere: 19 GP, 9 G, 6 A, 15 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (6-4-1, 2.83 GAA, .903 save %)
Los Angeles – David Rittich (6-4-0, 2.52 GAA, .892 save %)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Buffalo
Forwards
JJ Peterka - Ryan McLeod - Alex Tuch
Zach Benson - Dylan Cozens - Sam Lafferty
Jason Zucker - Jiri Kulich - Jack Quinn
Beck Malenstyn - Peyton Krebs – Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Defense
Rasmus Dahlin - Bowen Byram
Owen Power - Henri Jokiharju
Jacob Bryson - Connor Clifton
Ex. Dennis Gilbert
Goaltenders
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
James Reimer
Injuries
Tage Thompson (day-to-day – lower-body)
Jordan Greenway (week–to–week – unspecified)
Mattias Samuelsson (out – lower body)
Notes
Buffalo has earned a win in two of its last three games against Los Angeles (2-1-0).
The Sabres have recorded 10 power-play goals in their last 10 games, including at least one in each of their last six games. A power-play goal in tonight’s game would give Buffalo its longest power-play goal streak since Oct. 27 to Nov. 10, 2022 (eight games).
Rasmus Dahlin has notched 14 points (5+9) in his last 10 games, including at least one point in six straight games (4+5). If Dahlin records a point in today’s game, it will mark the first time he has notched a point streak of six or more games since Oct. 14 to 29, 2023 (eight games; 2+7) and his seven-game point streak would be the second-longest of his career.
Owen Power has collected four assists in his last four games.
In his last six games, Alex Tuch has posted eight points (2+6), including at least one point in each of his last three games (1+4). In his last six games,
Ryan McLeod has collected six points (2+4)
In his last nine games against the Kings, Alex Tuch has recorded 10 points (6+4), including at least one goal in each of his last three. In his last five games against the Kings,
Dylan Cozens has registered seven points (2+5), including at least one point in each of his last two road games in Los Angeles (2+1).
JJ Peterka has recorded six points (4+2) in three career games against Los Angeles, including at least one point in all three contests. Peterka has registered at least one point in six consecutive games and he has tallied eight points in that span (3+5).
Jack Quinn has posted four points (1+3) in four career games against the Kings. In two starts against Los Angeles in his career,
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 53 saves on 55 shots (.964 SV%).
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