The Buffalo Sabres will wrap up their two-game road trip tonight when they visit the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena.
Faceoff is set for 7 p.m. on MSG and WGR 550 with pregame coverage on MSG starting at 6:30.
Last night, the Sabres fell to the Carolina Hurricanes by a 5-3 score at PNC Arena. Jacob Bryson, Victor Olofsson and Rasmus Dahlin tallied for the Sabres.
Olofsson leads the team - and is fourth in the NHL - with nine goals. Dahlin has 15 points, which is first on the team and second among all NHL defensemen.
Through 11 games played, the Sabres have 14 points (7-4-0) and the Lightning are one point behind with a 6-4-1 record.
Nikita Kucherov (6+11) and Steven Stamkos (7+5) are Tampa Bay's scoring leaders.
Here are some of the top Game Notes, courtesy of @SabresPR:
• This is the first of four meetings between the Sabres and Lightning this season.
• Last meeting: Tampa Bay defeated Buffalo 5-0 in Tampa Bay on April 10, 2022.
• Next meeting: Monday, Nov. 28 in Buffalo
• The Sabres are 1-8-1 in their last 10 games against the Lightning; 2-7-1 on the road.
• This is the 110th game all-time between Buffalo and Tampa Bay; Buffalo has a 56-44-9 series record.
• The Sabres are 29-22-4 on the road against the Lightning all-time.
• 24 of the last 27 meetings between Buffalo and Tampa Bay have been decided in regulation, including each of the last seven contests.
• Buffalo has recorded a power play goal in each of their last five games.
• The Sabres are 5-1-0 in games decided by three or more goals.
• Rasmus Dahlin has recorded six points (2+4) in his last four games and is riding a four-game point streak.
• Entering play on Saturday, Dahlin ranks second among NHL defensemen in points (15).
• According to Natural Stat Trick, Dahlin has been on the ice for 89 Buffalo scoring chances in the Sabres' last five games.
• JJ Peterka is riding a three-game point streak (1+2).
• A point in tonight's game would give Peterka his second four-game point streak of the season.
• Jack Quinn recorded the first multi-assist game of his career on Nov. 4 and has recorded three points (1+2) in his last three games.
• Vinnie Hinostroza enters tonight's game with a point in three of his last four games against Tampa Bay (2+1).
• Jacob Bryson has recorded a point in each of Buffalo's last two games (1+1).
• It is the second time Bryson has recorded a point in consecutive games in his career, and the first since he recorded an assist on May 1, 2021 at Boston and May 3, 2021 vs. the New York Islanders.
• A point in tonight's game would give Bryson the first three-game point streak of his career.
