Buffalo Sabres Lines

The most-used Buffalo Sabres forward line in the Oct 17 game vs MTL was Zach Benson – Noah Ostlund – Jack Quinn (11:55 together at 5-on-5).

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Wed, Oct 21, 7:30 PM ET · vs Philadelphia Flyers

Lines, pairs and special teams

In the last game, the team played 44:30 at 5-on-5, 6:01 on the power play and 6:37 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5
L1	Zach Benson – Noah Ostlund – Jack Quinn	11:55	26.8%
L2	Ryan McLeod – Tage Thompson – Josh Doan	8:14	18.5%
L3	Beck Malenstyn(moved up) – Peyton Krebs – Justin Danforth(moved up)	7:40	17.2%
L4	Konsta Helenius(moved down) – Jiri Kulich(new to the top lines and pairs) – Josh Norris(moved down)	5:24	12.1%

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5
D1	Mattias Samuelsson – Olen Zellweger	15:31	34.9%
D2	Owen Power – Zach Metsa	10:48	24.3%
D3	Dennis Gilbert – Louis Crevier	8:29	19.1%

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP
PP1	Zach Benson – Noah Ostlund – Tage Thompson – Jack Quinn – Owen Power	4:31	75.1%
PP2	Konsta Helenius – Jiri Kulich – Josh Norris – Josh Doan – Olen Zellweger	0:19	5.3%

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK
PK1	Beck Malenstyn – Ryan McLeod – Dennis Gilbert – Zach Metsa	0:49	12.3%
PK2	Beck Malenstyn – Josh Norris – Louis Crevier – Mattias Samuelsson	0:47	11.8%

NEW: not in the previous game's top four lines or three pairs. ▲ ▼: moved up or down from the previous game.

Over 5 games, the team played 236:05 at 5-on-5, 29:14 on the power play and 24:46 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
L1	Zach Benson – Noah Ostlund – Jack Quinn	47:19	20.0%	5
L2	Peyton Krebs – Tage Thompson – Josh Doan	26:28	11.2%	4
L3	Konsta Helenius – Jiri Kulich – Ryan McLeod	17:26	7.4%	3
L4	Beck Malenstyn – Tyson Kozak – Josh Norris	7:13	3.1%	1

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
D1	Mattias Samuelsson – Olen Zellweger	50:11	21.3%	5
D2	Owen Power – Zach Metsa	41:04	17.4%	5
D3	Dennis Gilbert – Louis Crevier	20:50	8.8%	3

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP	GP
PP1	Zach Benson – Noah Ostlund – Tage Thompson – Jack Quinn – Owen Power	12:59	44.4%	4
PP2	Konsta Helenius – Jiri Kulich – Josh Norris – Josh Doan – Owen Power	2:40	9.1%	2

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK	GP
PK1	Zach Benson – Ryan McLeod – Zach Metsa – Mattias Samuelsson	2:25	9.8%	2
PK2	Zach Benson – Beck Malenstyn – Louis Crevier – Owen Power	1:45	7.1%	1

Over 9 games, the team played 435:24 at 5-on-5, 49:56 on the power play and 39:30 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
L1	Zach Benson – Noah Ostlund – Jack Quinn	95:37	22.0%	9
L2	Peyton Krebs – Tage Thompson – Josh Doan	38:49	8.9%	8
L3	Konsta Helenius – Jiri Kulich – Ryan McLeod	18:03	4.1%	5

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
D1	Rasmus Dahlin – Mattias Samuelsson	66:32	15.3%	6
D2	Owen Power – Olen Zellweger	51:33	11.8%	8
D3	Louis Crevier – Zach Metsa	25:00	5.7%	7

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP	GP
PP1	Zach Benson – Noah Ostlund – Tage Thompson – Jack Quinn – Owen Power	12:59	26.0%	4
PP2	Konsta Helenius – Jiri Kulich – Josh Norris – Josh Doan – Owen Power	2:40	5.3%	2

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK	GP
PK1	Ryan McLeod – Josh Norris – Zach Metsa – Mattias Samuelsson	3:25	8.6%	3
PK2	Zach Benson – Beck Malenstyn – Louis Crevier – Owen Power	2:56	7.4%	2

Goalies

Started the last game (Oct 17 vs MTL): Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Goalie	Starts this season
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	6
Colten Ellis	3
Alex Lyon	0

Not in the last game

May be injured or a healthy scratch

#10 Sam Carrick, Center
#48 Tyson Kozak, Center
#26 Rasmus Dahlin, Defense
#24 Matt Grzelcyk, Defense
#21 Conor Timmins, Defense

How these lines are calculated

Lines are rebuilt second by second from the NHL's official shift records. A trio or pair counts only at 5-on-5, and each window shows at most four lines and three pairs that played at least 3% of the team's 5-on-5 time. Read the full method.