NHL Game Preview: Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres with Line Combinations 4/6/2025

Boston Bruins celebrating a goal
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Boston Bruins (31-37-9, 71 Pts) at Buffalo Sabres (33-36-6, 72 Pts)
Venue: KeyBank Center
Date: Tonight – Sunday, April 6
Time: 6:00 pm EST

TV: MSG-B, NESN, ESPN+
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 5.5

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Boston Bruins News & Notes:

The Bruins snapped a 10-game winless streak with a 5-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday. Boston is 11-24-3 on the road this season. The Bruins are 11-10-4 against the Atlantic Division.

Buffalo Sabres News & Notes:

The Sabres have won six of their last seven games after a 3-2 shootout win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. Buffalo is 20-14-3 at home this season and one point ahead of the Bruins for last place in the Atlantic Division. The Sabres won the previous meeting with Boston 3-2.

Boston Bruins Projected Lines

Geekie-E.Lindholm-Pastrnak
Zacha-Mittelstadt-Lysell
Khusnutdinov-Minten-Lettieri
Lauko-Beecher-Koepke

Zadorov-Jokiharju
Wotherspoon-Peeke
Lohrei-Mitchell

Swayman
Korpisalo

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Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines

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

Samuelsson-Dahlin
Power–Bernard-Docker
Byram-Clifton

Luukkonen
Reimer

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Players To Watch:

Boston Bruins

David Pastrnak has 40 goals and 54 assists for the Bruins and tallied a hat trick in Saturday’s win. Morgan Geekie has six goals and nine assists over the past ten games and scored his 28th goal of the season Saturday.

Buffalo Sabres

JJ Peterka has 24 goals and 36 assists for the Sabres. Alex Tuch has seven goals and four assists over the last ten games.

Injury Report:

Boston Bruins

D Hampus Lindholm – IR 
D Charlie McAvoy – IR 
C Mark Kastelic – Out

Buffalo Sabres

C Josh Norris – Day to day
LW Jordan Greenway – Day to day

Next Game

Boston Bruins – April 8 at New Jersey Devils
Buffalo Sabres – April 8 vs Carolina Hurricanes

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