Buffalo Sabres (14-20-5, 33 pts) at Vegas Golden Knights (26-9-3, 55 pts)
Venue: T-Mobile Arena
Date: Saturday, January 4
Time: 10:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+ /MSG-B/SCRIPPS
Radio:
Buffalo – 550 WGR
Vegas – Fox Sports Radio 98.9 FM / 1340 AM
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Buffalo +1.5 ML +160
Vegas: -1.5 ML -192
O/U 6.5
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Buffalo Sabres News & Notes:
The Sabres dropped their second straight game as they lost to the Colorado Avalanche 6-5 in overtime. They are 3-7-1 in their last ten; they had won three straight following their 13-game losing streak. In the last ten, they’ve been outscored 42-36. In the last five games they’ve averaged 4.8 goals per game while allowing three goals per game.
Vegas Golden Knights News & Notes:
The Golden Knights got back in the win column on Thursday after seeing their six-game winning streak snapped. Ilya Samsonov has won five straight starts posting a 1.00 goals-against average and a .948 save percentage. In Thursday’s wins, they got goals from Pavel Dorofeyev, Alexander Holtz, Tanner Pearson, Mark Stone, and Nicolas Hague.
Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines
Zucker-Cozens-Thompson-
Quinn-Kulich-Tuch
Benson-Krebs-Peterka
Malenstyn-McLeod-Lafferty
Dahlin-Byram
Samuelsson-Power
Bryson-Clifton
Luukkonen
Reimer
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Vegas Golden Knights Projected Lines:
Olofsson-Eichel-Stone
Hertl-Karlsson-Dorofeyev
Pearson-Howden-Kolesar
Rondbjerg-Schwindt-Holtz
Hanifin-Pietrangelo
McNabb-Theodore
Hague-Whitecloud
Hill
Samsonov
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Players To Watch:
Buffalo Sabres
Dylan Cozens this season has 20 points on eight goals and 12 assists. He’s faced the Golden Knights six times in his career recording eight points on three goals and five assists; he had five points last season against the Golden Knights on three goals and two assists.
Vegas Golden Knights
William Karlsson this season has 17 points on seven goals and ten assists. He’s faced the Sabres 20 times in his career recording 16 points on five goals and 11 assists; he had a goal last season against Buffalo.
Injury Report:
Buffalo Sabres
LW Jordan Greenway – IR
Vegas Golden Knights
D Ben Hutton – IR
F Ivan Barbashev – DTD
F Nicholas Roy – DTD
Next Game:
Buffalo – January 6 vs. Washington Capitals
Vegas – January 7 at San Jose Sharks
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