NHL Game Preview: Buffalo Sabres at Florida Panthers with Line Combinations 4/12/2025

Brad Marchand taking pregame skate with the Florida Panthers
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Buffalo Sabres (35-37-6, 76 Pts) at Florida Panthers (46-29-4, 96 Pts)
Venue: Amerant Bank Arena
Date: Tonight – April 12
Time: 6:00 pm EST

TV: ESPN+, MSG-B, SCRIPPS
Radio:
Buffalo – 550 WGR
Florida – 560 AM WQAM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Buffalo +1.5 ML +200
Florida -1.5 ML -225
O/U 6

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Buffalo Sabres News & Notes:

The Sabres had their five-game winning streak snapped in a 3-2 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday. Buffalo is 13-23-3 away from home this season. The Sabres are 10-11-2 against the Atlantic Division.

Florida Panthers News & Notes:

The Panthers have won back to back games after a 4-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday. Florida is 26-11-2 at home this season. The Panthers defeated the Sabres 4-0 in their last meeting.

Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines

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

Samuelsson-Dahlin
Power-Bernard-Docker
Byram-Clifton

Reimer
Luukkonen

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Florida Panthers Projected Lines

Samoskevich-Barkov-Reinhart
Luostarinen-Lundell-Marchand
J. Boqvist-Sturm-Rodrigues
Greer-Nosek-Gadjovich

Mikkola-Jones
Forsling-Balinskis
Megna-Schmidt

Bobrovsky
Vanecek

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Players To Watch:

Buffalo Sabres

Rasmus Dahlin has 16 goals and 47 assists for the Sabres. Ryan McLeod has three goals and nine assists over the last ten games.

Florida Panthers

Aleksander Barkov has 20 goals and 49 assists for the Panthers. Sam Reinhart has four goals and two assists over the past ten games.

Injury Report:

Buffalo Sabres

F Josh Norris – Day to day
F Jordan Greenway – Day to day

Florida Panthers

RW Matthew Tkachuk – Week to week
D Aaron Ekblad – Suspension
D Dmitry Kulikov – Week to week
C Sam Bennett – Out for regular season

Next Game

Buffalo Sabres – April 13 at Tampa Bay Lightning
Florida Panthers – April 14 vs New York Rangers

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