NHL Game Preview: Detroit Red Wings vs. Buffalo Sabres with Line Combinations 11/2/2024

NHL Game Preview: Detroit Red Wings vs. Buffalo Sabres with Line Combinations 12/9/2024

The Detroit Red Wings will take on the Buffalo Sabres tonight. The Red Wings are coming off a 6-2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday while the Sabres are coming off a 4-3 loss to the New York Islanders last night.  

Detroit Red Wings (4-5-1, 9 Points) vs. Buffalo Sabres (4-6-1, 9 Points)

When: Saturday, November 2
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
Where: Little Caesar’s Arena (Detroit, MI)
TV: FanDuel Sports Network Detroit

Scoring Leaders

Detroit Red Wings

Points: Lucas Raymond – 10
Goals: Alex DeBrincat – 5
Assists: Lucas Raymond – 9

Buffalo Sabres

Points: Tage Thompson – 13
Goals: Tage Thompson – 7
Assists Alex Tuch – 6

Team Stats

Detroit Red Wings

Power-Play: 23.3 (10)
Penalty Kill: 65.6 (30)
GF: 2.70 (24)
GA: 3.40 (21)
Faceoff: 49.8 (15)

Buffalo Sabres

Power-Play: 9.1 (31)
Penalty Kill: 74.3 (22)
GF: 3.18 (17)
GA: 3.64 (26)
Faceoff: 47.2 (27)

Expected Line Combinations

Detroit Red Wings

Alex DeBrincat – Dylan Larkin – Patrick Kane
Andrew Copp – J.T. Compher – Lucas Raymond
Jonatan Berggren – Marco Kasper – Vladimir Tarasenko
Michael Rasmussen – Joe Veleno – Christian Fischer
Simon Edvinsson – Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot – Jeff Petry
Albert Johansson – Erik Gustafsson

Buffalo Sabres

JJ Peterka – Tage Thompson – Alex Tuch
Jordan Greenway – Ryan McLeod – Dylan Cozens
Jason Zucker – Peyton Krebs – Jack Quinn
Beck Malenstyn – Sam Lafferty – Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Rasmus Dahlin – Henri Jokiharju
Bowen Byram – Owen Power
Mattias Samuelsson – Connor Clifton

Between The Pipes

Detroit: Cam Talbot (2-1-1, 3.16 GAA)

Talbot is 2-1-1 this season with a 3.16 goals against average and a .913 save percentage. He got the start on Sunday but suffered the loss in overtime, giving up three goals on 34 shots. In his career against the Sabres, he is 1-3-2 with a 4.14 goals-against average and a .872 save percentage. Last season, he went 0-1-0 with a 5.43 goals-against average and a .841 save percentage.

Buffalo: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (3-3-1, 3.31 GAA)

Luukkonen gets the start and he’s been dominant to start the season going 3-3-1 with a 3.31 goals against average and a .890 save percentage, his last start came on Monday and he suffered the loss giving up five goals on 31 shots. In his career against the Red Wings, he is 3-2-0 with a 3.07 goals against average and a .884 save percentage, he faced them Saturday picking up the win stopping 22 of the 25 shots he faced.

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Players To Watch:

Detroit: Lucas Raymond (1-9-10)

Raymond has ten points on a goal and nine assists this season and is also a plus-one. In his career against the Sabres, he’s played in 13 games, recording 17 points on six goals and 11 assists. On Saturday against the Sabres, he had two points on a goal and an assist; the goal was his first short-handed goal.

Buffalo: Rasmus Dahlin (1-6-7)

Dahlin has played in 11 games this season, recording seven points on one goal and six assists. In his career against Detroit, he’s played in 20 games, scoring 20 points on four goals and 16 assists. He had three assists on Saturday.

Head to Head & Next Up

The Red Wings lost last Saturday 5-3 to the Sabres, in their last ten, they are 4-4-2 and have been outscored 45-37 in those games. The Red Wings will face the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday while the Sabres will face the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.

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