Game Thread: Buffalo Sabres (16-19-4) at Pittsburgh Penguins (19-14-4) – 06 Jan 2024 – 7:00PM EST

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# Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (16-19-4) at Pittsburgh [](/r/penguins) Penguins (19-14-4)

#PPG Paints Arena

##In-Game Updates

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##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|4:00PM|5:00PM|6:00PM|7:00PM|8:00PM|12:00AM|##Game Info:

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|TV|MSG-B, SN-PIT|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020612) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020612/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020612/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020612/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Jake Guentzel|Sidney Crosby|Rickard Rakell|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner|Tage Thompson|Alex Tuch|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Reilly Smith|Evgeni Malkin|Bryan Rust|[BUF](/r/sabres)|JJ Peterka|Dylan Cozens|Jack Quinn|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Drew O’Connor|Lars Eller|Valtteri Puustinen|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jordan Greenway|Casey Mittelstadt|Zach Benson|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Jansen Harkins|Noel Acciari|Jeff Carter|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zemgus Girgensons|Peyton Krebs|Victor Olofsson|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Marcus Pettersson|Kris Letang|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Rasmus Dahlin|Henri Jokiharju|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Pierre-Olivier Joseph|Erik Karlsson|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Owen Power|Erik Johnson|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Ryan Graves|Chad Ruhwedel|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Mattias Samuelsson|Connor Clifton|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Tristan Jarry|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Alex Nedeljkovic|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/pittsburgh-penguins/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/buffalo-sabres/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[PIT](/r/penguins)|John Ludvig|02 Jan 2024|Upper Body|IR-LT|Ludvig (undisclosed) was designated for injured reserve Wednesday.|27 Jan 2024|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Matt Nieto|02 Dec 2023|Knee|IR-LT|Surgery|22 Feb 2024|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Jesse Puljujarvi|10 Dec 2023|Hip|OUT|Puljujarvi is expected to sign an AHL professional tryout agreement this week, Taylor Haase of DKPittsburghSports.com reports.|27 Jan 2024|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Alex Tuch|05 Jan 2024|Illness|DTD|Per Mike Harrington of The Buffalo News, Tuch was unable to practice Friday due to an illness.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jordan Greenway|05 Jan 2024|Illness|DTD|Greenway missed practice Friday with an illness, Mike Harrington of The Buffalo News reports.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Kyle Okposo|02 Jan 2024|Lower Body|OUT|Okposo is considered week-to-week due to a lower-body injury.|09 Jan 2024|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/pittsburgh-penguins/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/buffalo-sabres/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[PIT](/r/penguins)|37|19|14|4|42|0.568|3.08|2.73|14.41|82.61|33.05|30.49|55.55|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|39|16|19|4|36|0.462|3.00|3.38|14.16|78.33|31.00|29.51|46.31|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

## Goalie Breakdown

||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
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|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Tristan Jarry|25|25|11|11|2|4|2.58|0.912|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Alex Nedeljkovic|13|11|7|3|2|1|2.62|0.917|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|18|17|8|6|2|0|3.22|0.893|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|18|15|7|8|2|1|3.13|0.892|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=5 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=7 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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