NHL Game Preview: Buffalo Sabres at Seattle Kraken with Line Combinations 1/20/2025

NHL Game Preview: Buffalo Sabres at Seattle Kraken with Line Combinations 1/20/2025

Buffalo Sabres (17-23-5, 39 points) at Seattle Kraken (20-24-3, 43 points)

Venue: Climate Pledge Arena
Date: Monday, January 20
Time: 4:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+/MSG-B/KHN/KONG
Radio: 
Buffalo – 550 WGR
Seattle – Sportsnet 96.0

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Buffalo +1.5 ML -118
Seattle -1.5 ML -102
O/U 5.5

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Buffalo Sabres News & Notes:

The Sabres suffered a loss last time out on Saturday 5-2 to the Penguins. They loss brings their record to 3-3-1 in January, and they currently sit in last place in the Eastern Conference.

Seattle Kraken News & Notes:

The Kraken picked up a 4-2 win on Saturday over the Los Angeles Kings. With the win they are now eight points back of the Flames for the final Wild Card spot in the Western Conference. They are now 3-5-1 in January.

Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines

Zucker-McLeod-Thompson
Peterka-Cozens-Tuch
Benson-Krebs-Quinn
Malenstyn-Lozak-Lafferty

Dahlin-Byram
Jokiharju-Power
Samuelsson-Clifton

Luukkonen
Reimer

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Seattle Kraken Projected Lines:

Schwartz-Beniers-Kakko
Burakovsky-Stephenson-Bjorkstrand
McCann-Wright-Tolvanen
Tanev-Stephens-Hayden

Dunn-Larsson
Evans-Montour
Oleksiak-Mahura

Daccord
Grubauer

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Players To Watch:

Buffalo Sabres

JJ Peterka this season has 32 points on ten goals and 22 assists. He’s faced the Kraken four times in his career recording three assists; in the matchup between these two last week, he had two assists.

Seattle Kraken

Kaapo Kakko this season has 27 points on eight goals and 19 assists, 13 of those points are with the Kraken on four goals and nine assists. He’s faced the Sabres 19 times in his career on eight goals and an assist; he didn’t record a point in the two previous matchups this season when he was with the Rangers but he had two goals in last week’s meeting.

Injury Report:

Buffalo Sabres

F Jordan Greenway – IR
F Jiri Kulich – IR

Seattle Kraken

F Jordan Eberle – IR
F Yanni Gourde – IR

Next game:

Buffalo – January 21 at Vancouver Canucks
Seattle – January 23 vs Washington Capitals

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