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Detroit Red Wings @ Buffalo Sabres

Full matchup breakdown — line combos, team ranks, top performers, trending, and injuries for both sides.

Detroit Red Wings

41-31-10 · 92 pts · SOS 0.968
2.9
GF
22nd
3.1
GA
19th
23
PP%
12th
77
PK%
23rd
51
FO%
10th
Line combos
L1 Finnie · Larkin · Raymond
L2 Compher · Copp · DeBrincat
L3 Arvidsson · Danielson · Kasper
L4 Rasmussen · Kolesar · Appleton
D1 Edvinsson · Seider
D2 Chiarot · Faulk
D3 Bernard-Docker · Johansson
G Gibson · Tarasov
Top performers
Alex DeBrincat R85P · 41G 44A
Lucas Raymond L76P · 25G 51A
Dylan Larkin C67P · 34G 33A
Moritz Seider D60P · 10G 50A
Viktor Arvidsson L54P · 25G 29A
Andrew Copp C43P · 9G 34A
Trending
🔥 Viktor Arvidsson +0.52
🔥 Dylan Larkin +0.19
🔥 Moritz Seider +0.17
Lucas Raymond -0.35
Nate Danielson -0.25
Alex DeBrincat -0.24
Injuries (3)
Viktor Arvidsson Probable for start of season
Mason Appleton Probable for start of season
Michael Rasmussen Probable for start of season

Buffalo Sabres

50-23-9 · 109 pts · SOS 1.014
3.5
GF
5th
2.9
GA
10th
20
PP%
19th
82
PK%
4th
46
FO%
32nd
Line combos
L1 McLeod · Quinn · Thompson
L2 Benson · Norris · Doan
L3 Zucker · Krebs · Carrick
L4 Malenstyn · Kozak · Ostlund
D1 Samuelsson · Dahlin
D2 Power · Timmins
D3 Crevier · Zellweger
G Luukkonen · Lyon · Ellis
Top performers
Tage Thompson C81P · 40G 41A
Rasmus Dahlin D74P · 19G 55A
Ryan McLeod C54P · 14G 40A
Josh Doan R52P · 25G 27A
Jack Quinn R51P · 20G 31A
Jason Zucker L45P · 24G 21A
Trending
🔥 Louis Crevier +0.38
🔥 Sam Carrick +0.28
🔥 Conor Sheary +0.21
Ryan McLeod -0.27
Injuries (3)
Noah Ostlund Probable for start of season
Justin Danforth Probable for start of season
Jiri Kulich Probable for start of season