Sabres welcome Senators after Thompson’s two-goal game
Buffalo hosts Ottawa in an Atlantic Division matchup on November 4, after Tage Thompson scored twice in the Sabres’ 3-2 victory over Los Angeles.
The Buffalo Sabres host the Ottawa Senators in Buffalo, New York, on November 4 at 7:30 p.m. EST. It is the teams’ first meeting of the season. Buffalo enters at 7-4-3, while Ottawa is 9-6-1.
Thompson has 10 goals and seven assists for Buffalo. The Sabres are 5-0-2 in one-goal games and have a 2-0-2 record against Atlantic Division opponents. Zachary Benson has recorded two goals and 10 assists over his past 10 games; he is listed as day to day with an undisclosed injury.
Ottawa has a 3-1-0 division record and is 6-2-1 in games when it scores at least three goals. Tim Stutzle leads the team with nine goals and 12 assists. Drake Batherson has six goals and eight assists over the past 10 games.
In their last 10 games, Buffalo has gone 5-2-3, scoring and allowing an average of 3.3 goals per game. Ottawa is 4-5-1 in that span, averaging 3.2 goals scored and 3.4 conceded.
Buffalo lists Matt Grzelcyk, Konsta Helenius, Conor Timmins, Justin Danforth, Alex Lyon and Jack Rathbone as out. Ottawa’s unavailable players include Warren Foegele, Linus Ullmark, William Eklund and Andre Burakovsky.