11/16/24 – 7:00 p.m. EST at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA
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Buffalo – 8-8-1 | 17 points – 6th place in the Atlantic division
Philadelphia – 7-8-2 | 16 points – 6th place in the Metropolitan Division
Special teams
Buffalo
Power play – 17.3% (22nd)
Penalty Kill – 76.8% (24th)
Philadelphia
Power play – 18.5% (20th)
Penalty Kill – 87.9% (3rd)
Top scorers
Buffalo
Tage Thompson: 16 GP, 11 G, 7 A, 18 PTS
Alex Tuch: 17 GP, 5 G, 11 A, 16 PTS
JJ Peterka: 15 GP, 7 G, 8 A, 15 PTS
Philadelphia
Travis Konecny: 17 GP, 9 G, 10 A, 19 PTS
Matvei Michkov: 15 GP, 6 G, 7 A, 13 PTS
Travis Sanheim: 17 GP, 4 G, 5 A, 9 PTS
Starting goalkeepers
Buffalo – Devon Levi (2-4-0, 3.87 GAA, .870 save percentage)
Philadelphia – Ivan Fedotov (2-3-0, 3.98 GAA, .862 save percentage)
Related: Goaltender James Reimer claimed off waivers by Sabers
Line combinations and pairings
Buffalo
Attackers
Zach Benson-Ryan McLeod-Alex Tuch
JJ Peterka – Dylan Cozens – Jack Quinn
Jiri Kulich-Peyton Krebs-Jason Zucker
Beck Malenstyn – Sam Lafferty – Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Defense
Rasmus Dahlin – Bowen Byram
Owen Power-Jacob Bryson
Dennis Gilbert – Connor Clifton
Ex., Henri Jokiharju
Goalkeepers
Devon Levi
James Reimer
Injuries
Tage Thompson (everyday – lower body)
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (daily – unspecified)
Jordan Greenway (daily – unspecified)
Mattias Samuelsson (missing – lower body)
Remarks
Buffalo has won four of its last five games in Philadelphia (4-1-0) and has scored five or more goals in each of the team’s victories during that span.
The Sabers have scored nine power play goals in their last nine games, including at least one in each of their last five games. A power play goal in tonight’s game would give Buffalo its longest power play goal streak since October 27 to November 10, 2022 (eight games).
Rasmus Dahlin has scored 12 points (4+8) in his last nine games, including at least one point in five consecutive games (3+4). If Dahlin scores a point in today’s game, it will be the first time he has had a six-game point streak since October 14-29, 2023 (eight games; 2+7) and his streak of six consecutive games with a point would be tied for the second longest of his career.
Among all NHL teams since November 1, the Sabers are tied for fourth in wins (4) and 10th in points (8). Buffalo has scored at least one power play goal in six of its seven games played in the month of November and ranks tied for second in power play goals (7) and fourth in power play percentage ( 30.4) among all NHL teams. in November. The Sabers have scored 26 goals in seven games this month, the third most goals scored among all NHL teams in November.
Five Sabers skaters (Bowen Byram; 1.00; Rasmus Dahlin; 1.14; JJ Peterka, 1.00; Tage Thompson, 1.00; Alex Tuch, 1.00) recorded at least one point per game played in november.
Bowen Byram leads all NHL skaters in November in plus/minus (+10). He is one of only three NHL skaters who have averaged 25 minutes or more on the ice to record a positive plus/minus during that span and the only others (Dahlin; Ryan Pulock) have a rating of plus-1. Byram (175:02 TOI) is one of two Sabers skaters since the NHL began tracking time on ice in 1997-98 to record a plus/minus of plus-10 or better while skating 175 minutes or more during a period of seven games. Tyler Myers (twice) is the only other Buffalo skater to do so.
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