NHL Game Preview: Buffalo Sabres at Edmonton Oilers with Line Combinations 1/25/2025

NHL Game Preview: Buffalo Sabres at Edmonton Oilers with Line Combinations 1/25/2025

Buffalo Sabres (18-25-5, 41 points) at Edmonton Oilers (30-15-3, 63 pts)

Venue: Rogers Place
Date: Saturday, January 25
Time: 4:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+/MSG-B/SCRI
Radio: 
Buffalo – 550 WGR
Edmonton – Oilers Radio 880 CHED

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Buffalo: +1.5 ML +180
Edmonton: -1.5 ML -218
O/U 6.5

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Buffalo Sabres News & Notes:

The Sabres suffered a 5-2 loss to the Calgary Flames on Thursday. They are now 1-2-0 on their road trip which concludes this afternoon. In January the Sabres are 4-5-1 and are averaging 3.10 goals per game while allowing 3.80 goals per game.

Edmonton Oilers News & Notes: 

The Oilers snapped a two-game skid on Thursday with a 6-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks. The Oilers got goals from Leon Draisaitl, Adam Henrique, Kasperi Kapanen, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, and two from Zach Hyman. Calvin Pickard is also 5-0-0 in January with a 2.46 goals against average and a .900 save percentage.

Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines

Peterka-Kulich-Thompson
Kozak-Cozens-Tuch
Benson-Krebs-Quinn
Malenstyn-Lafferty-Jokiharju

Dahlin-Byram
Samuelsson-Power
Gilbert-Clifton

Luukkonen
Reimer

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Edmonton Oilers Projected Lines

Podkolzin-Draisaitl-Arvidsson
Hyman-Henrique-Perry
Janmark-Nugent-Hopkins-Brown
Skinner-Philp-Kapanen

Ekholm-Bouchard
Nurse-Stetcher
Kulak-Emberson

Pickard
Skinner

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Players To Watch:

Buffalo Sabres

JJ Peterka this season has 35 points on 11 goals and 24 assists. He’s faced the Oilers four times in his career recording two goals; those two goals came in both meetings last season.

Edmonton Oilers

Leon Draisaitl this season has 74 points on 35 goals and 39 assists. He’s faced the Sabres 17 times in his career recording 15 points on seven goals and eight assists; in two meetings last season, he’s recorded four points on a goal and three assists.

Injury Report:

Buffalo Sabres

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

Edmonton Oilers

F Evander Kane – Out
D Alec Regula – IR
F Connor McDavid – Out (Suspension)
D John Klingberg – Out

Next game:

Buffalo – January 28 vs. Boston Bruins  
Edmonton – January 27 vs. Seattle Kraken

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