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Buffalo Sabres vs Utah Mammoth

Regular season · Wednesday, January 27, 2027 · Delta Center

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Mammoth+ · Utah16 · MSG-B

Game preview

The Buffalo Sabres visit the Utah Mammoth at Delta Center on Wednesday, January 27, 2027, with puck drop at 9:00 PM ET. The game is on Mammoth+, Utah16 and MSG-B.

This is the second of 2 meetings this season. Sabres 0, Mammoth 1 so far; the last game finished UTA 4, BUF 1.

Rest and travel

Sabres

Game 2 of a road trip: Winnipeg, now Utah.

  1. 172027-01-17: no game
  2. 182027-01-18: vs MTL
  3. 192027-01-19: no game
  4. 202027-01-20: at NYI
  5. 212027-01-21: vs SEA, second of a back-to-backB2B
  6. 222027-01-22: no game
  7. 232027-01-23: no game
  8. 242027-01-24: at WPG
  9. 252027-01-25: no game
  10. 262027-01-26: no game
  11. 272027-01-27: at UTA
rest since last game
2 days
rest since last game
traveled since last game
~951 mi
traveled since last game
on this road trip
~1,944 mi
on this road trip
local time vs home
−2 h
local time vs home

Mammoth

Another game at home.

  1. 172027-01-17: no game
  2. 182027-01-18: at SJS
  3. 192027-01-19: no game
  4. 202027-01-20: no game
  5. 212027-01-21: no game
  6. 222027-01-22: no game
  7. 232027-01-23: vs BOS
  8. 242027-01-24: no game
  9. 252027-01-25: vs MIN
  10. 262027-01-26: no game
  11. 272027-01-27: vs BUF
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
traveled since last game
~0 mi
traveled since last game
not on a road trip
–
not on a road trip
local time vs home
Same time zone
local time vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = back-to-back, the second of two games on consecutive days. Distances are approximate.

Lines from last game

Buffalo SabresSabresTue, Oct 13 at MTL
  1. Benson#6Ostlund#86Quinn#22
    10:23 together at 5-on-5
  2. McLeod#71Kulich#20Helenius#94
    7:12 together at 5-on-5
  3. Thompson#72Krebs#19Doan#91
    6:57 together at 5-on-5
  4. NewMalenstyn#29Norris#9Danforth#15
    6:26 together at 5-on-5
  1. NewSamuelsson#23Zellweger#8
    14:05 together at 5-on-5
  2. Power#25Metsa#73
    11:55 together at 5-on-5
  3. NewGilbert#44Crevier#46
    6:02 together at 5-on-5

Power play

  1. PP1Benson LThompson COstlund CQuinn RPower D3:35 together on the power play

Penalty kill

  1. PK1Malenstyn LDanforth RSamuelsson DCrevier D0:55 together killing penalties
  2. PK2Malenstyn LSamuelsson DPower D0:49 together killing penalties
Utah MammothMammothTue, Oct 13 vs TOR
  1. Trocheck#16Cooley#92Guenther#11
    10:00 together at 5-on-5
  2. Lee#72Hayton#27Yamamoto#56
    9:55 together at 5-on-5
  3. Crouse#67Schmaltz#8Keller#9
    9:28 together at 5-on-5
  4. But#50Stenlund#82McBain#22
    9:08 together at 5-on-5
  1. Schmidt#88Marino#6
    15:04 together at 5-on-5
  2. Weegar#52Sergachev#98
    12:16 together at 5-on-5
  3. Peeke#20Simashev#26
    10:31 together at 5-on-5

Power play

  1. PP1Schmaltz CCooley CKeller RGuenther RSergachev D2:47 together on the power play
  2. PP2Lee LTrocheck CHayton CYamamoto RMarino D1:07 together on the power play

Penalty kill

  1. PK1Crouse LStenlund CWeegar DSergachev D1:23 together killing penalties
  2. PK2Crouse LSchmaltz CSchmidt DPeeke D0:47 together killing penalties

Behind the bench

How each coach tends to run his bench, compared with every other NHL team. Each gray tick is one team, the dashed line is the league average, and the two dots are these teams.

BUFUTA

Lines kept together · 2026–27

BUF 64% (12th most shuffled)UTA 75% (5th most settled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Pulling the goalie when down a goal · 2025–26 · fewer than 10 pulls, so this one can swing a lot

BUF 1:54 left (13th earliest · 9 pulls)UTA 1:40 left (11th latest · 17 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift · 2025–26

BUF 46.8s (7th shortest)UTA 45.1s (3rd shortest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts · 2025–26

BUF 28% (14th least often)UTA 24% (3rd least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series