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Sabres' Alex Lyon: Expected to start Thursday
Lyon is expected to start at home against the Kings on Thursday, per Zach Dooley of the Kings' official site.
Lyon has a 12-6-3 record, 2.70 GAA and .911 save percentage in 23 outings in 2025-26. Lyon has won his past nine appearances while stopping 227 of 245 shots (.927 save percentage) over that span, though that stretch includes the duration in which he didn't get into a game from Dec. 31 to Jan. 19 due to a lower-body injury. The Kings have won their past three games while outscoring the competition 12-8.
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Sabres' Jordan Greenway: Set to miss another game
Greenway (lower body) is slated to miss Thursday's game against the Kings, NHL.com reports.
Greenway has been on a load management plan recently after his sports hernia surgery that he underwent during the offseason, and he'll be unavailable for a third consecutive game. It's not yet clear when he'll return to action, but his next opportunity to do so will be Saturday against Montreal.
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Sabres' Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen: Set for one-week absence
Head coach Lindy Ruff said Thursday that Luukkonen (lower body) is expected to miss about a week, Paul Hamilton of WGR Sports Radio 550 reports.
Luukkonen could miss the Olympics with Finland, though no determination has been made on his availability. Given his potential timeline, Luukkonen will likely be out of action until at least the final game before the break, a home clash with the Penguins next Thursday. In the meantime, Alex Lyon should see the bulk of the workload with Colten Ellis available as needed.
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Sabres' Jack Quinn: Pots goal in win
Quinn scored a goal on two shots in Tuesday's 7-4 win over the Maple Leafs.
Quinn continues to warm up with five goals and four assists over his last 10 outings. He's seeing steady second-line usage currently, and that's unlikely to change as long as his offense holds up. He's at 12 goals, 31 points, 104 shots on net and a plus-2 rating through 52 appearances, putting him quietly on pace for a career year.
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Sabres' Josh Doan: Strikes on power play
Doan scored a power-play goal on five shots and blocked two shots in Tuesday's 7-4 win over the Maple Leafs.
This was Doan's first point in three games since he put pen to paper on a seven-year contract extension. The 24-year-old has endeared himself to the Sabres quickly after being acquired from Utah over the summer. Doan has 16 goals, 36 points (12 on the power play), 114 shots on net, 45 hits, 21 blocked shots and a minus-2 rating over 52 appearances this season. He's mainly featured in a top-six role, though he was on the third line Tuesday.
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Sabres' Alex Tuch: Buries goal in win
Tuch scored a goal on two shots and went plus-2 in Tuesday's 7-4 win over the Maple Leafs.
Tuch has produced seven goals and four assists over 13 contests in January. For the season, the two-way winger is up to 19 goals, 43 points, 120 shots on net, 56 hits, 60 blocked shots, 43 PIM and a plus-13 rating over 51 appearances. He's a pending unrestricted free agent, but it's tough to think the Sabres will move him as long as they're in the hunt for a playoff spot at the trade deadline.
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Sabres' Radim Mrtka: Distributes four helpers in WHL win
Mrtka notched four assists in WHL Seattle's 7-3 win over Brandon on Tuesday.
Mrtka has been dishing lately with eight helpers over his last five games. For the season, he's up to one goal, 23 assists and 36 shots on net over 20 WHL appearances. He's projected to be more of a shutdown defenseman as a professional, though he could offer some sneaky scoring in short bursts.
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Sabres' Colten Ellis: Gets win in relief
Ellis was pressed into duty in the first period Tuesday after starter Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen exited because of a lower-body injury. He made 16 saves in relief and allowed two goals.
Alex Lyon will step into the injury void with UPL on the shelf, but Ellis is a capable spot starter. His .898 save percentage is league average (.897), and he has three wins in his last four appearances (3-1-0).
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Sabres' Mattias Samuelsson: Four-game, seven-assist streak
Samuelsson had three assistsin a 7-4 win over the Maple Leafs on Tuesday.
Samuelsson has a four-game, seven-assist streak on the fly, which is impressive enough for a defender who's never put up more than 14 points in any season. However, Samuelsson also has more points on his run than star teammate Tage Thompson has on his current four-game streak (five points). Who knew Samuelsson would be a must-play fantasy defender?
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Sabres' Tage Thompson: Dominant January continues
Thompson had a goal and an assist in a 7-4 victory over Toronto on Tuesday.
His scoring streak now stands at four games and five points, including three goals, and seven shots. Thompson been dominant in January. He has been held off the scoresheet just twice in 13 games, and he's scored eight goals and added 10 helpers. It's not Nikita Kucherov dominant, but it's impressive.
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Sabres' Rasmus Dahlin: Best performance of career
Dahlin scored three goals and added two assists in a 7-4 win over the Maple Leafs on Tuesday.
It was Dahlin's first NHL hat trick in a game that was perhaps the best one of his hockey career. It was just the eighth hat trick ever scored by a Sabres defender and the first against the vaunted Maple Leafs. Dahlin has had a difficult season personally, so this moment was special. He's now in a tie for eighth among NHL defenders with 42 points, including 11 goals, in 48 games.
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Sabres' Jordan Greenway: Misses game due to injury concern
Greenway missed Tuesday's game versus the Maple Leafs due to an injury concern related to the sports hernia surgery he had over the summer, Rachel Lenzi of The Buffalo News reports.
Greenway is expected to see the team's medical staff in the coming days. Given the nature of the injury, it's possible Greenway ends up being shut down through the Olympic break. He's already had his minutes managed in a part-time role this season to attempt to mitigate injury risk.
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Sabres' Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen: Departs Tuesday's game
Luukkonen (lower body) won't return to Tuesday's game versus the Maple Leafs.
Luukkonen allowed two goals on five shots in 12:14 of ice time and didn't look comfortable as he left the ice. The goalie was replaced by Colten Ellis, who would likely slot into the backup role behind Alex Lyon if Luukkonen misses time. The Sabres' next game is Thursday at home versus the Kings.
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Sabres' Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen: Starting in Toronto
Luukkonen will defend the road net against the Maple Leafs on Tuesday, according to Rachel Lenzi of The Buffalo News.
Luukkonen is coming off a 32-save effort in Thursday's 4-2 win over Montreal. He has gone 11-7-2 this campaign with a 2.66 GAA and a .905 save percentage through 20 appearances. Toronto ranks 11th in the league with 3.27 goals per game this season.
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Sabres' Josh Norris: Labeled day-to-day
Norris has been classified as day-to-day by head coach Lindy Ruff, Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald reports Monday, but won't play this week, per Paul Hamilton of WGR Sports Radio 550.
Norris being labeled day-to-day but then being ruled out for the next three games is a little strange, but either way, he certainly seems to be heading in the right direction. Prior to getting hurt, the 26-year-old Michigan native was rolling offensively with seven points in his last nine outings. Norris should slot into a middle-six role once back in the lineup.
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Sabres' Justin Danforth: Could return following break
Danforth (lower body) is trending toward a post-Olympic return to action, Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald reports Monday.
Danforth has been out of the lineup since Oct. 15 versus the Senators, a stretch of 47 games on injured reserve due to his lower-body issue. Once given the all-clear, the 32-year-old winger will likely slot into a bottom-six role. At this point, with his extended layoff, Danforth will likely miss the 20-point threshold for the first time since 2022-23 when he was with Columbus.
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Sabres' Michael Kesselring: Nabs helper Saturday
Kesselring logged an assist, three blocked shots and two PIM in Saturday's 5-0 win over the Islanders.
Kesselring has been working back to full strength after an ankle injury cost him most of January. That's his third lengthy absence of the season. Kesselring has mostly worked in a third-pairing role on Buffalo's deep blue line, picking up one assist, 26 shots on net, 27 blocked shots, 16 hits and 23 PIM over 19 outings.
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Team Statistical Rankings
| GF AVG | GA AVG | Power Play | |
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| Team |
3.36 (4th) |
3.03 (14th) |
19.2 (20th) |
Injuries
| Player | Injury |
|---|---|
| U. Luukkonen G Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G | Lower Body |
| J. Norris C Josh Norris C | Ribs |
| J. Kulich C Jiri Kulich C | Ear |
| J. Greenway LW Jordan Greenway LW | Lower Body |
| J. Bryson D Jacob Bryson D | Upper Body |
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