NHL Game Preview: Buffalo Sabres at Tampa Bay Lightning with Line Combinations 4/13/2025

Buffalo Sabres JJ Petterka and Alex Tuch
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Buffalo Sabres (35-37-7, 77 Pts) at Tampa Bay Lightning (45-26-8, 98 Pts)
Venue: Amalie Arena
Date: Tonight – Sunday, April 13
Time: 6:00 pm EST

TV: ESPN+, FDSSUN, MSG-B
Radio:
Buffalo – 550 WGR
Tampa Bay – 102.5 The Bone

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Buffalo +1.5 ML +230
Tampa Bay -1.5 ML -285
O/U 6.5

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Buffalo Sabres News & Notes:

The Sabres have lost back-to-back games after a 3-2 shootout loss to the Florida Panthers on Saturday. Buffalo is 13-23-4 on the road this season. The Sabres defeated the Lightning 3-2 in their last meeting.

Tampa Bay Lightning News & Notes:

The Lightning have lost four of their last five games after a 4-3 overtime loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Friday. Tampa Bay is 27-8-4 at home this season. The Bolts are 9-12-3 against the Atlantic Division.

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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Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines

Gourde-Point-Kucherov
Hagel-Cirelli-Guentzel
Goncalves-Paul=Geekie
Raddysh-Girgensons-Chaffee

Hedman-Moser
McDonagh-Cernak
Lilleberg-Perbix

Vasilevskiy
Johansson

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Players To Watch:

Buffalo Sabres

Rasmus Dahlin has 17 goals and 48 assists for the Sabres. JJ Peterka has four goals and seven assists over the past ten games.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Brandon Hagel has 35 goals and 52 assists for the Lightning. Brayden Point has seven goals and four assists over the last ten games.

Injury Report:

Buffalo Sabres

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

Tampa Bay Lightning

C Luke Glendening – Out indefinitely

Next Game

Buffalo Sabres – April 15 vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Tampa Bay Lightning – April 15 vs Florida Panthers

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