Sabres lines
The Buffalo Sabres' lines as deployed at the Canadiens (L 3-4 OT) — forward trios, defense pairs, power-play units and who started in net, measured from the league's shift chart.
Next game
Wed, Oct 21, 7:30 PM ET — home to the Flyers.
No start projection for this game yet — the model projects goalies about a day out, and the books hang saves lines later than that.
Lines, last two games
McLeod also took 1:21 with L4. Kulich also took 2:38 with L2.
Sabres
at Maple Leafs · Oct 15 · W 5-4 OT
Thompson also took 1:32 with L1. McLeod also took 3:14 with L3. Krebs also took 6:03 with L2.
What changed since Thu, Oct 15
The top line held: Benson, Ostlund and Quinn together again. Moved: Danforth (L4 → L3), Malenstyn (L4 → L3), Helenius (L3 → L4) and Norris (L3 → L4). In the lineup: Kulich. Out of it: Carrick.
In net this season
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has started 6 of the Sabres' 9 games, Colten Ellis 3. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has made 3 straight starts.
| Goalie | GS | GP | SV% | Last start |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 6 | 9 | .860 | Sat, Oct 17 |
| Colten Ellis | 3 | 9 | .864 | Mon, Oct 12 |
How these lines are built
Every unit above is the group that shared the most five-on-five ice in that game, rebuilt from the NHL's own shift chart. Power plays, penalty kills, four-on-four and empty-net time are cut out, so a top power-play unit can't pass itself off as the first line. Power-play units are measured from power-play time only. The number beside each unit is how long that exact group was on the ice together.
Read it as what the coach did, not as a forecast. A blowout shortens the bench and an injury scrambles everything after it. The full method, and every other club's lines, are on the all-clubs page. Player projections for the Sabres live on the shots on goal, points and anytime goal boards.
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