NHL Game Preview: Buffalo Sabres at Philadelphia Flyers with Line Combinations 3/29/2025

Buffalo Sabres (30-35-6, 66 Pts) at Philadelphia Flyers (29-36-9, 67 Pts)

Venue: Wells Fargo Center
Date: Saturday, March 29
Time: 1:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN+/MSG-B/NBCSP
Radio:
Buffalo – WGR 550 Sports Radio
Philadelphia – 97.5 FM WPEN, Flyers Radio 24/7

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Buffalo +1.5 ML -108
Philadelphia -1.5 ML -112
O/U 6.5

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Buffalo Sabres News & Notes:

The Sabres picked up their third straight win on Thursday with a 7-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. They are now 6-4-0 in their last ten games averaging 3.1 goals per game while allowing 3.5 goals per game. Rasmus Dahlin is in a four-game point streak with a goal and four assists during his stretch. 

Philadelphia Flyers News & Notes:

The Flyers snapped a six game losing streak with a 6-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday. They improved to 2-7-1 in their last ten games, averaging 2.3 goals per game while allowing 4.2 goals per game. Thursday was also their first game without head coach John Tortorella who they fired on Thursday morning. 

Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines

Benson-Kulich-Thompson
Peterka-McLeod-Quinn
Rosen-Krebs-Tuch
Malenstyn-Kozak-Dunne

Samuelsson-Dahlin
Power–Bernard-Docker
Byram-Clifton

Reimer
Luukkonen

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Philadelphia Flyers Projected Lines:

Foerster-Cates-Brink
Michkov-Couturier-Konecny
Tippett-Poehling-Pelletier
Deslauriers-Abols-Lycksell

York-Sanheim
Seeler-Drysdale
Zamula-Andrae

Ersson
Fedotov

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Players To Watch:

Buffalo Sabres

Rasmus Dahlin this season has 57 points on 13 goals and 44 assists. He’s faced the Flyers 23 times in his career recording 14 points on three goals and 11 assists; he has a goal and an assist when these two met earlier this season. 

Philadelphia Flyers

Travis Konecny this season has 69 points on 24 goals and 45 assists. He’s faced the Sabres 26 times in his career recording 21 points on nine goals and 12 assists; he scored two goals and added an assist in the matchup earlier this season. 

Injury Report:

Buffalo Sabres

Josh Norris – DTD
LW Jordan Greenway – DTD
Sam Lafferty – DTD
LW Jason Zucker – DTD

Philadelphia Flyers

Ryan Ellis – IR
Rasmus Ristolainen – OUT
RW Garnet Hathaway – DTD

Next Game

Buffalo – March 30 at Washington Capitals
Philadelphia – March 31 vs. Nashville Predators

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