BUF @ CHI Gameday Thread

Game date: 2026-04-13 Posted by kaylee on 2026-04-13 04:00:45

BUF @ CHI

Venue: United Center

Puck drop: Mon Apr 13, 2026 8:30pm EDT

Use this thread to talk about the game before, during, and after.


Game Preview

BUF (last 10)
  • Record 5-3-2
  • Streak W3
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 3.4 · 3.5
  • Power play 5/33 (15.2%)
  • Last game W vs CBJ (5–0)
CHI (last 10)
  • Record 2-7-1
  • Streak L3
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 2.4 · 4.3
  • Power play 3/26 (11.5%)
  • Last game L vs STL (3–5)

Recent meetings:

  • 2025-11-21 CHI 3 @ BUF 9

Players to watch (last 5 team games):

BUF
  • Rasmus Dahlin 5 pts · 2 G · 11 SOG
  • Jason Zucker 5 pts · 2 G · 9 SOG
  • Josh Norris 5 pts · 1 G · 10 SOG
  • Zach Benson 4 pts · 2 G · 11 SOG
CHI
  • Connor Bedard 5 pts · 0 G · 21 SOG
  • Ilya Mikheyev 4 pts · 3 G · 8 SOG
  • Anton Frondell 4 pts · 2 G · 17 SOG
  • Frank Nazar 3 pts · 1 G · 11 SOG

Prediction:

Expected goals: BUF 3.81 · CHI 3.04 · Win odds: BUF 62.5% · CHI 37.6% · OT/SO chance: 14.9%

  • 4-2 36.4%
  • 3-2 31.8%
  • 3-3 31.7%

Box Score

BUF 5 Final CHI 1

2026-04-13

Stat BUF CHI
Goals51
Shots2616
Power Play 0/2 (0.0%) 0/5 (0.0%)
PIM104
Faceoffs31 / 2525 / 31
Blocks109
Saves1521
BUF Scorers
GAPTS
Tage Thompson 2 0 2
Alex Tuch 1 1 2
Josh Norris 1 0 1
Ryan McLeod 1 0 1
Rasmus Dahlin 0 2 2
Jason Zucker 0 1 1
Josh Doan 0 1 1
Logan Stanley 0 1 1
Owen Power 0 1 1
Zach Benson 0 1 1
CHI Scorers
GAPTS
Ryan Greene 1 0 1
Ilya Mikheyev 0 1 1

Lineups

As of 2026-04-13 11:53PM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

Expected lineup

BUF Away

Forwards

Line 1
Peyton Krebs
#19 · LW
TOI 14:32xGF/60 11.08xGA/60 1.35CF/60 192.5SC±/60 +79.25G±/60 +22.64CF% 85.0xGF% 89.2
Tage Thompson
#72 · C
TOI 17:31xGF/60 9.43xGA/60 5.51CF/60 176.2SC±/60 +52.85G±/60 +17.62CF% 65.2xGF% 63.1
Alex Tuch
#89 · RW
TOI 21:23xGF/60 4.56xGA/60 2.25CF/60 80.6SC±/60 +21.20G±/60 +8.48CF% 67.9xGF% 67.0
Line 2
Jason Zucker
#17 · LW
TOI 14:09xGF/60 3.07xGA/60 1.61CF/60 47.4SC±/60 +15.79G±/60 +5.26CF% 64.3xGF% 65.7
Ryan McLeod
#71 · C
TOI 16:08xGF/60 3.21xGA/60 3.91CF/60 47.5SC±/60 -5.94G±/60 +5.93CF% 44.4xGF% 45.1
Jack Quinn
#22 · RW
TOI 14:02xGF/60 4.84xGA/60 2.07CF/60 74.7SC±/60 +24.89G±/60 +8.29CF% 69.2xGF% 70.0
Line 3
Zach Benson
#6 · LW
TOI 14:22xGF/60 5.00xGA/60 1.46CF/60 94.7SC±/60 +80.17G±/60 +14.57CF% 65.0xGF% 77.4
Josh Norris
#9 · C
TOI 12:35xGF/60 3.74xGA/60 1.92CF/60 66.6SC±/60 +46.09G±/60 +5.12CF% 59.1xGF% 66.1
Josh Doan
#91 · RW
TOI 13:29xGF/60 4.26xGA/60 3.92CF/60 73.1SC±/60 +40.63G±/60 +16.25CF% 45.0xGF% 52.1
Line 4
Jordan Greenway
#12 · LW
TOI 12:59xGF/60 1.96xGA/60 2.05CF/60 37.6SC±/60 -5.37G±/60 0.00CF% 41.2xGF% 48.8
Tyson Kozak
#48 · C
TOI 10:49xGF/60 2.13xGA/60 3.06CF/60 28.8SC±/60 -9.60G±/60 0.00CF% 30.0xGF% 41.0
Beck Malenstyn
#29 · RW
TOI 11:32xGF/60 2.75xGA/60 2.24CF/60 52.7SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00CF% 43.8xGF% 55.1

Defense

Pair 1
Mattias Samuelsson
#23 · LD
TOI 18:59xGF/60 4.29xGA/60 1.97CF/60 71.6SC±/60 +13.42G±/60 +8.94CF% 61.5xGF% 68.5
Rasmus Dahlin
#26 · RD
TOI 20:59xGF/60 4.45xGA/60 1.30CF/60 83.4SC±/60 +37.54G±/60 +12.51CF% 64.5xGF% 77.4
Pair 2
Bowen Byram
#4 · LD
TOI 21:11xGF/60 4.75xGA/60 1.95CF/60 79.5SC±/60 +37.68G±/60 +8.37CF% 67.9xGF% 70.8
Owen Power
#25 · RD
TOI 22:56xGF/60 2.90xGA/60 1.53CF/60 57.6SC±/60 +32.00G±/60 +6.40CF% 69.2xGF% 65.4
Pair 3
Conor Timmins
#21 · LD
TOI 16:51xGF/60 2.74xGA/60 3.84CF/60 52.1SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00CF% 41.7xGF% 41.6
Logan Stanley
#64 · RD
TOI 15:37xGF/60 3.33xGA/60 3.02CF/60 57.4SC±/60 +5.22G±/60 +5.22CF% 50.0xGF% 52.5

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen [Status: CONFIRMED Start Score: 85]
G2 Colten Ellis

CHI Home

Forwards

Line 1
Ryan Greene
#20 · LW
TOI 17:07xGF/60 2.13xGA/60 4.38CF/60 55.2SC±/60 -36.81G±/60 -3.68CF% 41.7xGF% 32.8
Connor Bedard
#98 · C
TOI 22:31xGF/60 2.63xGA/60 3.05CF/60 47.5SC±/60 -6.33G±/60 -9.50CF% 45.5xGF% 46.3
Nick Lardis
#76 · RW
TOI 15:18xGF/60 1.19xGA/60 3.09CF/60 26.9SC±/60 -40.35G±/60 -4.48CF% 30.0xGF% 27.8
Line 2
Tyler Bertuzzi
#59 · LW
TOI 18:44xGF/60 5.84xGA/60 5.92CF/60 92.7SC±/60 -14.26G±/60 -7.13CF% 44.8xGF% 49.6
Anton Frondell
#16 · C
TOI 19:06xGF/60 3.15xGA/60 2.74CF/60 53.7SC±/60 +7.67G±/60 -7.68CF% 51.9xGF% 53.5
Ilya Mikheyev
#95 · RW
TOI 15:39xGF/60 1.44xGA/60 3.46CF/60 27.8SC±/60 -23.84G±/60 -7.95CF% 30.4xGF% 29.4
Line 3
Ryan Donato
#8 · LW
TOI 13:49xGF/60 1.76xGA/60 2.83CF/60 46.2SC±/60 -17.34G±/60 0.00CF% 47.1xGF% 38.4
Frank Nazar
#91 · C
TOI 17:35xGF/60 3.13xGA/60 2.56CF/60 50.1SC±/60 -9.11G±/60 -4.56CF% 50.0xGF% 55.0
Andre Burakovsky
#28 · RW
TOI 13:17xGF/60 2.26xGA/60 3.79CF/60 53.7SC±/60 -5.97G±/60 -11.94CF% 50.0xGF% 37.4
Line 4
Teuvo Teravainen
#86 · LW
TOI 17:45xGF/60 2.39xGA/60 1.75CF/60 42.5SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00CF% 58.8xGF% 57.8
Dominic Toninato
#25 · C
TOI 9:32xGF/60 0.75xGA/60 2.51CF/60 25.2SC±/60 -16.78G±/60 -8.39CF% 42.9
Landon Slaggert
#84 · RW
TOI 11:03xGF/60 0.53xGA/60 3.68CF/60 17.8SC±/60 -35.59G±/60 -5.93CF% 25.0xGF% 12.6

Defense

Pair 1
Alex Vlasic
#72 · LD
TOI 19:43xGF/60 0.57xGA/60 5.09CF/60 13.3SC±/60 -40.00G±/60 -10.00CF% 14.3xGF% 10.1
Louis Crevier
#46 · RD
TOI 18:41xGF/60 0.18xGA/60 4.40CF/60 6.9SC±/60 -34.32G±/60 -6.86CF% 8.7xGF% 3.9
Pair 2
Wyatt Kaiser
#44 · LD
TOI 20:17xGF/60 0.84xGA/60 3.26CF/60 25.1SC±/60 -37.60G±/60 -9.40CF% 29.6xGF% 20.5
Sam Rinzel
#6 · RD
TOI 16:16xGF/60 0.86xGA/60 3.99CF/60 33.3SC±/60 -45.83G±/60 -8.33CF% 30.8xGF% 17.7
Pair 3
Kevin Korchinski
#14 · LD
TOI 13:43xGF/60 3.26xGA/60 1.52CF/60 62.3SC±/60 +9.59G±/60 0.00CF% 68.4xGF% 68.2
Ethan Del Mastro
#38 · RD
TOI 16:13xGF/60 2.86xGA/60 0.88CF/60 55.5SC±/60 +11.10G±/60 0.00CF% 75.0xGF% 76.4

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Spencer Knight [Status: CONFIRMED Start Score: 10]
G2 Arvid Soderblom

Injuries

As of 2026-04-13 11:53PM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

BUF

Player Pos # Description Status
Justin Danforth NA 15 IR IR
Jiri Kulich NA 20 IR IR
Noah Ostlund NA 86 DTD DTD
Sam Carrick NA 10 DTD DTD
Alex Lyon NA 34 DTD DTD

CHI

Player Pos # Description Status
Oliver Moore NA 11 OUT OUT
Artyom Levshunov NA 55 DTD DTD
Matt Grzelcyk NA 24 DTD DTD
Andrew Mangiapane NA 26 DTD DTD
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