NHL Game Preview: Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins with Line Combinations 3/17/2025

Casey Mittelstadt skating for the Boston Bruins
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Buffalo Sabres (26-33-6, 58 Pts) at Boston Bruins (30-30-8, 68 Pts)
Venue: TD Garden
Date: Tonight – Monday, March 17
Time: 7:00 pm EST

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

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Buffalo +1.5 ML +102
Boston -1.5 ML -122
O/U 5.5

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Buffalo Sabres News & Notes:

The Sabres have won two of their last three games after a 4-3 shootout win over the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday. Buffalo is 9-19-3 on the road this season. The Sabres defeated the Bruins 7-2 in their last meeting.

Boston Bruins News & Notes:

The Bruins have lost back-to-back games after a 6-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. Boston is 19-12-5 at home this season. The Bruins are 11-8-3 against the Atlantic Division.

Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines

Greenway-Thompson-Tuch
Benson-McLeod-Zucker
Krebs-Kulich-Quinn
Malenstyn-Kozak-Lafferty

Samuelsson-Dahlin
Power-Clifton
Byram-Bryson

Luukkonen
Reimer

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Boston Bruins Projected Lines

Geekie-Zacha-Pastrnak
Koepke-Mittelstadt-Lettieri
Khusnutdinov-E. Lindholm-Lauko
Beecher-Kastelic-Brown

Zadorov-Jokiharju
Lohrei-Peeke
Wotherspoon-Mitchell

Korpisalo
Swayman

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Players To Watch

Buffalo Sabres:

Rasmus Dahlin has 12 goals and 39 assists for the Sabres. Ryan McLeod has one goal and five assists over the past ten games.

Boston Bruins:

Casey Mittelstadt has 12 goals and 25 assists for the Bruins. David Pastrnak has six goals and seven assists over the past ten games.

Injury Report:

Buffalo Sabres

RW JJ Peterka – Day to day
C Josh Norris – Day to day
C Jiri Kulich – Day to day

Boston Bruins

D Hampus Lindholm – Out for season
D Charlie McAvoy – Week to week

Next Game

Buffalo Sabres – March 20 at Utah Hockey Club
Boston Bruins – March 20 at Vegas Golden Knights

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