Thompson and JJ Peterka had hat tricks against the Bruins on Tuesday night — a good sign for Lindy Ruff's lineup tweaks.

Tage Thompson and JJ Peterka had hat tricks, and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 25 saves as Buffalo rolled to a 7-2 win over ...

Sam Lafferty will be scratched at forward ... The rest of that top group includes Tage Thompson in the bumper, Jack Quinn and JJ Peterka on the flanks and Rasmus Dahlin at the point.

Thompson practiced ... I think with Tage out, it’s an opportunity for us to take a look,” Ruff said. “We can always, if it doesn’t go well, swing (Sam) Lafferty to the middle and make ...

The Sabres did not make changes to their first line, as it once again was made up of Jason Zucker, Dylan Cozens, and Tage Thompson ... to the fourth line with Sam Lafferty and Nicolas Aube ...

Buffalo had six different goal scorers — Rasmus Dahlin, Dylan Cozens, Tage Thompson, Jordan Greenway, Sam Lafferty and Zach Benson. Of their 18 skaters Thursday, 15 recorded at least one point.