Sabres Camp Day #4: Scrimmage And Lineup For Sabres vs. Penguins

The Buffalo Sabres will take on the Pittsburgh Penguins in the preseason opener at Key Bank Center on Saturday, with a lineup that will closely resemble the group that will start the season against the New Jersey Devils on October 4-5 in Prague.

Ukka-Pekka Luukkonen will get the start and will play the full 60 minutes for Buffalo. Head coach Lindy Ruff indicated on Friday that the players that are likely to constitute the starting roster for the club will play at least one and perhaps both of the preseason games before they head to Europe early next week.

Rasmus Dahlin will not play due to an unspecified injury suffered on Wednesday, but that is not expected to keep him out of the lineup long-term.

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Sabres Lines vs. Pittsburgh (as of Saturday’s Morning Skate)

Forward

Peterka-Thompson-Tuch

Benson-Cozens-Quinn

Lafferty-Malenstyn-Aube-Kubel

Kulich-Krebs-Rousek

Defense

Bryson-Clifton

Byram-Power

Samuelsson-Jokiharju

Goalie

Luukkonen

Reimer

The only line of likely starters that will not suit up is the unit of Jason Zucker, Ryan McLeod, and Jordan Greenway, who participated in the second scrimmage on Saturday morning. Team Blue edged out Team White 4-3 on a Mason Jobst shootout goal.

Team Blue vs. Team White on Saturday

Blue

Forward

Kisakov-Helenius-Nadeau

Jobst-Tullio-Rosen

Slaggert-Warren-Dunne

Defense

Prow

Laaouan

Komarov

Brunet

Clague

Poolman

Goalie

Sandstrom

White

Forward

Greenway-McLeod-Zucker

Wahlberg-Murray-Ostlund

Cheveldayoff-Fiddler-Schultz-Tischke

Defense

Rathbone

Gilbert

Johnson

Metsa

Novikov

Goalie

Levi

Box Score

1st

BLUE Komarov

2nd

BLUE Kisakov (Nadeau)

WHITE Tischke

WHITE Novikov

BLUE Tullio

WHITE Metsa

SO

BLUE Jobst

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