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

The Buffalo Sabres have placed top-line forward Tage Thompson on injured ... goal in eight NHL games this season. Sam Lafferty stepped into the lineup in Thompson’s absence, while Ryan McLeod ...

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.

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.

The Sabres built a 2-0 lead on early goals from Peyton Krebs and Tage Thompson ... Ryan McLeod, and Sam Lafferty resulted in a cross-checking penalty against the Blues. Zucker scored the winning ...