BUFFALO SABRES NOTES:
LAST GAME
Monday, Jan. 16
Florida 4 at Buffalo 1
Goal: Tuch
Goalie: Luukkonen (30 saves/33 shots; 1 ENG)
PP: 0/3; PK: 3/3; Shots: Florida 34 – Buffalo 29
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 99)
Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
N/A
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST SEVEN DAYS
1/11: Recalled G Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen from Rochester (AHL); Loaned F Jack Quinn to Rochester
1/13: Recalled F Jack Quinn from Rochester (AHL); Loaned F Peyton Krebs to Rochester
1/15: Recalled F Peyton Krebs from Rochester (AHL); Loaned G Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen to Rochester
1/16: Recalled G Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen from Rochester (AHL); Loaned F Peyton Krebs to Rochester
UPCOMING GAMES
Thursday, Jan. 19: NY Islanders at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 21: Anaheim at Buffalo, 12:30 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 23: Buffalo at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 24: Buffalo at St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 26: Buffalo at Winnipeg, 8:00 p.m.
TODAY’S GAME
SABRES AT BLACKHAWKS
• This is the second and final meeting between the Sabres and Blackhawks this season.
• Last meeting: Buffalo defeated Chicago 4-3 in overtime in Buffalo on Oct. 29, 2022.
• Next meeting: N/A
• The Sabres are 4-3-3 in their last 10 games against the Blackhawks; 1-6-3 on the road.
• This is the 128th game all-time between Buffalo and Chicago; Buffalo has a 57-53-17 series record.
• The Sabres are 20-34-9 on the road against the Blackhawks all-time.
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• A win in tonight’s game would give the Sabres four consecutive wins over the Blackhawks for the first time in franchise history.
• Each of Buffalo’s last two wins against Chicago have come in overtime.
• Casey Mittelstadt has recorded six points (0+6) in his last seven games.
• Rasmus Dahlin has recorded 31 points (6+25) in his last 27 games.
• Alex Tuch has notched 35 points (14+21) in his last 27 games, including 18 points (8+10) in his last 14 games.
• Tage Thompson has recorded seven points (4+3) in his last seven games.
• Dylan Cozens has tallied 32 points (10+21) in his last 29 games and owns nine points (3+6) in his last 10 games.
• In his last 21 games, Jeff Skinner has notched 28 points (13+15).
• Victor Olofsson has three points (2+1) in his last three games.
BACK-TO-BACK
Today’s game concludes Buffalo’s eighth of 15 sets of back-to-back games this season, which began with a 4-1 loss to the Florida Panthers on Jan. 16. The Sabres are 3-4-1 in the first game of back-to-back sets and 1-6-0 in the second game so far this season. Buffalo’s point breakdown in back-to-back sets this season is: four points (1), three points (0), two points (2), one point (1) and zero points (3).
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: NBCSCH – Chris Vosters (PxP), Patrick Sharp (analyst) and Colby Cohen (analyst)
RADIO: WGN-AM 720 – John Wiedeman (PxP) and Troy Murray (analyst)
SPANISH RADIO: Univision Sports Radio 1200 AM – Miguel Esparza (PxP) and Jorge Moreno (analyst)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Sunday, Jan. 22 vs. LAK, 6:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Tuesday, Jan. 24 at VAN, 9:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Thursday, Jan. 26 at CGY, 8:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Saturday, Jan. 28 at EDM, 9:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Tuesday, Feb. 7 vs. ANA, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Jan. 14 – Activated Patrick Kane off IR and assigned Jaxson Stauber to Rockford … Jan. 13 – Assigned Lukas Reichel to Rockford … Jan. 11 – Recalled Jaxson Stauber from Rockford and assigned Brett Seney to Rockford … Jan. 4 – Recalled Lukas Reichel and Brett Seney from Rockford … Placed MacKenzie Entwistle and Jujhar Khaira on IR … Dec. 19 – Activated Alex Stalock off IR and assigned Arvid Soderblom to Rockford … Placed Jarred Tinordi on IR and recalled Isaak Phillips from Rockford … Dec. 13 – Activated Tyler Johnson off IR and assigned Filip Roos to Rockford … Dec. 12 – Activated Petr Mrazek off injured reserve and assigned Jaxson Stauber to Rockford.
LAST TIME OUT
Score: Chicago (5) vs. Seattle (8) – Sat., Jan. 14 – United Center
CHI Goals: Toews (12), Phillips (1), Domi (13; PP), Raddysh (12; PP), Kane (8)
SEA Goals: Sprong (14), Beniers (17), McCann (20), Burakovsky (12), Tolvanen (7), McCann (21), McCann
(22), Bjorkstrand (7)
Goalies: CHI – Mrazek (1/5, 12:08), Stalock (21/25, 47:50) SEA – Jones (22/27, 59:50)
CHI PP: 2/2; PK: 2/2
SEA PP: 0/2; PK: 0/2
Recap: The Blackhawks fell to the Seattle Kraken on Saturday 8-5, ending their three-game winning streak … Chicago went 2-for-2 on the power play with goals coming from Max Domi (1G, 1A) and Taylor Raddysh (1G, 2A) … It was Raddysh’s first three-point game of his career … Isaak Phillips scored his first career goal … Seth Jones notched three assists, his first three-point game of the season … Patrick Kane scored a goal and led all players with seven shots … Caleb Jones posted a game-high four blocked shots.
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – BUFFALO SABRES
Chicago finishes off the season series against Buffalo with tonight’s contest at the United Center …The Blackhawks come into Saturday’s tilt having earned points in five of the last six games (3-1-2) against Buffalo and boast a 15-2-2 record in the last 19 games against them … The Blackhawks dropped a 3-4 overtime decision to the Sabres in Buffalo on Oct. 29 … Patrick Kane comes into Saturday’s tilt having registered points (3G, 7A) in five of his last seven games against Buffalo, while he’s tallied 15 points (5G, 10A) in his last 10 games against them … Jonathan Toews enters Saturday’s game having logged points (5G, 8A) in nine of his last 11 games against the Sabres.
2022-23 Schedule/Results: HOME: Jan. 17| AWAY: Oct. 29 (3-4 OT)
All-Time Record: 57-54-16| Home: 37-19-7| Road: 20-35-9
Last Home Win: Nov. 17, 2019 (4-1)| Last Road Win: Feb. 1, 2019 (7-3) | Last Home Loss: March 28,
2022 (5-6) | Last Road Loss: Oct. 29, 2022 (3-4 OT)
ACTIVE BLACKHAWKS VS. BUF ALL-TIME
GOALS: Patrick Kane, 11; Jonathan Toews, 11; Max Domi, 8
ASSISTS: Tyler Johnson, 17; Patrick Kane, 14; Jonathan Toews, 12
POINTS: Patrick Kane, 25; Tyler Johnson, 23; Jonathan Toews, 23
BLACKHAWKS RECORD ON…
One-Day Rest: 7-11-1
Two-Days Rest: 1-4-0
Three+ Days Rest: 2-2-1
First Game of a B2B: 1-4-1
Second Game of a B2B: 0-5-1
BLACKHAWKS RECORD BY DAY
Monday: 0-1-0
Tuesday: 1-5-0
Wednesday: 0-5-0
Thursday: 2-4-1
Friday: 3-2-1
Saturday: 3-4-1
Sunday: 2-5-1
