NHL Game Preview: Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres with Line Combinations 1/28/2025

Tage Thompson #72 skating for the Buffalo Sabres
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Boston Bruins (25-20-6, 56 Pts) at Buffalo Sabres (18-26-5, 41 Pts)
Venue: KeyBank Center
Date: Tonight – Tuesday, January 28
Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: NESN, ESPN+, MSG-B
Radio:
Boston – 98.5 The Sport Hub
Buffalo – 550 WGR

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Boston -1.5 ML -110
Buffalo +1.5 ML +110
O/U 6

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Boston Bruins News & Notes:

The Bruins have won five of their last seven games after a 3-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday. Boston is 9-13-3 on the road this season. The Bruins are 9-5-2 against the Atlantic Division. Boston won the last meeting against the Sabres 3-1.

Related Post: Boston Bruins Defenseman is a Game Time Decision vs. Sabres

Buffalo Sabres News & Notes:

The Sabres have lost four of their last five games after a 3-2 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. Buffalo is 9-12-3 at home this season. The Sabres are 4-7-1 against the Atlantic Division.

Boston Bruins Projected Lines

Geekie-Zacha-Pastrnak
Marchand-Poitras-Coyle
Frederic-E. Lindholm-Lettieri
Koepke-Beecher-Brazeau

Zadorov-Peeke
Callahan-Carlo
Lohrei-Wotherspoon

Swayman
Korpisalo

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Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines

Peterka-Kulich-Thompson
Zucker-Cozens-Tuch
Benson-Krebs-Quinn
Malenstyn-McLeod-Lafferty

Dahlin-Byram
Power-Samuelsson
Bryson-Jokiharju

Luukkonen
Reimer

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Players To Watch:

Boston Bruins

David Pastrnak has 24 goals and 35 assists for the Bruins. Morgan Geekie has scored six goals and added three assists over the last ten games.

Buffalo Sabres

Tage Thompson has 22 goals and 18 assists for the Sabres. Ryan McLeod has four goals and three assists over the past ten games.

Injury Report:

Boston Bruins

D Hampus Lindholm – Out six weeks
D Charlie McAvoy – IR
D Brandon Carlo – Game Time Decision (ill)
C Mark Kastelic – IR

Buffalo Sabres

LW Jordan Greenway – Out Long Term

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