Can The Sabres Right The Ship Against Vegas?

Sabres winger Alex Tuch takes on his former club as the Vegas Golden Knights visit Buffalo on Saturday afternoon.

Buffalo Sabres vs. Vegas Golden Knights

3/15/25 at 12:30 pm at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, NY

Record

Buffalo – 25-33-6 | 56 points – 8th place in the Atlantic Division

Vegas – 39-19-7 | 85 points – 1st place in the Pacific Division

Special Teams

Buffalo

Power Play – 16.9% (27th)

Penalty Kill – 76.0% (24th)

Vegas

Power Play – 29.0% (2nd)

Penalty Kill - 76.7% (21st)

Top Scorers

Buffalo

Tage Thompson: 58 GP, 34 G, 24 A, 58 PTS

Rasmus Dahlin: 56 GP, 11 G, 40 A, 51 PTS

JJ Peterka: 61 GP, 19 G, 32 A, 51 PTS

Vegas

Jack Eichel: 64 GP, 20 G, 59 A, 79 PTS

Mark Stone: 51 GP, 17 G, 40 A, 57 PTS

Tomas Hertl: 65 GP, 27 G, 27 A, 54 PTS

Starting Goalies

Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (21-21-4, 3.19 GAA, .889 save %)

Vegas – Ilya Samsonov (15-8-3, 2.81 GAA, .889 save %)

Line Combinations and Pairings

Forwards

Zach Benson – Tage Thompson - Alex Tuch

Jason Zucker - Ryan McLeod - Jordan Greenway

Peyton Krebs - Jiri Kulich - Jack Quinn

Beck Malenstyn - Tyson Kozak - Sam Lafferty

Defense

Mattias Samuelsson - Rasmus Dahlin

Owen Power - Connor Clifton

Bowen Byram - Jacob Bryson

Ex. Jacob Bernard-Docker

Goaltenders

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

James Reimer

Injuries

Josh Norris (unspecificied - middle body)

JJ Peterka (day-to-day - lower body)

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Notes

The Sabres have earned a win in three of their last four games against the Golden Knights. Buffalo has earned at least one point in five of the six home games it has played against Vegas all-time (4-1-1).

Tage Thompson has posted 33 points (18+15) in his last 29 games, including 18 points (12+6) in his last 14. Thompson has registered multiple points and at least one goal in back-to-back games and a goal today would give him his fifth goal streak of three or more games this season. A multi-point performance today would mark the second time Thompson has recorded multiple points in three consecutive games this season (Oct. 19 to 26, 2024; 4+3).

Rasmus Dahlin has registered 20 points (5+15) in his last 19 games and 16 points (2+14) in his last 14 home games.

Alex Tuch has collected 14 points (9+5) in his last 14 games.

Josh Norris has notched one point in two consecutive games (1+1), and a goal today would give him his third three-game point streak this season. In his last four games,

Ryan McLeod has recorded four assists, including one assist in back-to-back games. An assist in today’s game would give McLeod the longest assist streak of his career (three games).

Zach Benson has registered four points (1+3) in his last four games.

Jason Zucker has recorded one point in three straight games against Vegas (2+1).

In two starts against Vegas in his career, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has earned two wins and posted a .940 save percentage and a 2.00 goals-against average. In that span, Luukkonen made 63 saves on 67 shots.

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