Buffalo Sabres (8-9-1, 17 pts) at Los Angeles Kings (10-6-3, 23 pts)
Venue: Crypto.com Arena
Date: Wednesday, November 20
Time: 10:30 ET / 7:30 pm PT
TV: ESPN+ / MSG- / FDSW
Radio:
Buffalo Sabres – WGR 550 AM
Los Angeles – ESPN Radio 710 AM
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Buffalo Sabres +1.5 ML +135
Los Angeles -1.5 ML -155
O/U 5.5
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Buffalo Sabres News & Notes:
Buffalo is 2-4-1 on the road this season. The Sabres lost in Philadelphia 5-2 on Saturday. Now they will continue their four-game road trip on the West Coast as they play Los Angeles tonight and then travel to Anaheim and finally San Jose before returning home to face the Minnesota Wild. The Sabres have scored and allowed 61 goals this season.
Los Angeles Kings News & Notes:
Los Angeles lost both games of a short two-game road trip before returning home with a 4-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday. The Kings are 5-1-1 at Crypto.com Arena this season and will look to improve on that record tonight against the Sabres. Los Angeles has scored 61 goals and allowed 55 this season.
Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines:
Peterka-Thompson-Tuch
Benson-Cozens-Quinn
Kulich-Krebs-Zucker
Malenstyn-Lafferty-Aube-Kubel
Dahlin-Power
Byram-Bryson
Gilbert-Clifton
Levi
Reimer
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Los Angeles Kings Projected Lines:
Turcotte-Kopitar-Kempe
Fiala-Danault-Moore
Foegele-Byfield-Laferriere
Jeannot-Helenius-Lewis
Anderson-Gavrikov
Edmunson-Clarke
Moverare-Spence
Rittich
Portillo
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Players To Watch:
Buffalo Sabres
Tage Thompson is a game-time decision tonight for the Sabres. The 27-year-old Phoenix, AZ native had goals in four straight contests before getting injured. The 6-foot-6 pivot will look to continue that streak if he gets into the lineup tonight. Thompson leads the Sabres in scoring with 18 points (11g, 7a) in 16 games played.
Los Angeles Kings
Anze Kopitar has points in four straight games with six assists over that span. Kopitar will be looking for his first goal in seven games tonight. Kopitar leads the Kings in scoring with 21 points (5g, 16a) in 19 games played.
Injury Report:
Buffalo Sabres
RW Alex Tuch – Game-Time Decision
C Tage Thompson – Game-Time Decision
G Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen – Day To Day
LW Jordan Greenway – Week To Week
D Mattias Samuelsson – Week To Week
Los Angeles Kings
D Drew Doughty – LTIR – Month to Month
RW Arthur Kaliyev – IR – Est. return November 29
G Darcy Kuemper – IR
D Caleb Jones – IR
Next Game:
Buffalo Sabres – November 22 at Anaheim Ducks
Los Angeles Kings – November 23 vs. Seattle Kraken
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