NHL Game Preview: Buffalo Sabres at Calgary Flames with Line Combinations 1/23/2025

Buffalo Sabres (18-24-5, 41 Pts) at Calgary Flames (22-16-7, 51 pts)

Venue: Scotiabank Saddledome
Date: Thursday, January 23
Time: 9:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+/MSG-B/CBC
Radio: 
Buffalo – 550 WGR
Calgary – Sportsnet 96.0

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Buffalo +1.5 ML +110
Calgary -1.5 ML -130
O/U 5.5

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Buffalo Sabres News & Notes:

The Sabres snapped a two-game skid on Tuesday with a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks. They got goals from Jiri Kulich, JJ Peterka, and Tage Thompson. Thompson is riding a four-game point streak which includes a two-game goal streak. This month, Buffalo is 4-4-1 while averaging 3.22 goals per game and are allowing 3.67 goals per game.

Calgary Flames News & Notes: 

On Saturday the Flames also snapped a two-game skid with a 3-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets. They have won four of their last six games and are 4-4-0 in January. This month the Flames are averaging 2.38 goals per game while allowing 2.63 goals per game. They currently hold the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference and trail the Los Angeles Kings by four points for the third spot in the Pacific Division.

Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines

Peterka-Zulich-Thompson
Kozak-Cozens-Tuch
Benson-Krebs-Quinn
Malenstyn-Lafferty-Aube-Kubel

Dahlin-Byram
Samuelsson-Power
Clifton-Jokiharju

Luukkonen
Levi

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Calgary Flames Projected Lines:

Huberdeau-Kadri-Pospisil
Coleman-Backlund-Coronato
Kerins-Sharangovich-Kuzmenko
Lomberg-Rooney-Pelletier

Bahl-Andersson
Weegar-Miromanov
Bean-Pachal

Wolf
Vladar

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Players To Watch:

Buffalo Sabres

Tage Thompson this season has 39 points on 21 goals and 18 assists. He’s faced the Flames ten times in his career recording seven points on five goals and two assists; in the meeting earlier this season, he had a goal.

Calgary Flames

Mikael Backlund this season has 19 points on nine goals and ten assists. In 20 career meetings against the Sabres he has nine points on four goals and five assists; in the meeting earlier this season, he had a goal.

Injury Report:

Buffalo Sabres

F Jordan Greenway – IR
F Jason Zucker – DTD
F Ryan McLeod – IR

Calgary Flames

F Anthony Mantha – IR
F Justin Kirkland – IR
F Connor Zary – IR

Next game:

Buffalo – January 25 at Edmonton Oilers
Calgary – January 25 at Minnesota Wild

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