NHL Game Preview: Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals with Line Combinations 12/14/2024

Buffalo Sabres (11-14-4, 26 Pts) at Washington Capitals (20-6-2, 42 Pts)
Venue: Capital One Arena
Date: Tonight – Saturday, December 14
Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: MSG-B, MNMT, ESPN+
Radio:
Buffalo – 550 WGR Sports Radio
Washington – Caps Radio 24/7

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Buffalo +1.5 ML +154
Washington -1.5 ML -185
O/U 6

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Buffalo Sabres News & Notes:

The Sabres are winless in eight straight games (0-5-3). Buffalo is 5-5-1 on the road this season.

Washington Capitals News & Notes:

The Capitals enter the game on a three-game winning streak. Washington is tied for the lead with 3.96 goals per game and have the fourth-best power play.

Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines

Peterka-Thompson-Tuch

Benson-Kulich-Cozens

Greenway-McLeod-Zucker

Malenstyn-Krebs-Aube-Kubel

Johnson-Byram

Power-Jokiharju

Samuelsson-Clifton

Luukkonen

Reimer

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Washington Capitals Projected Lines

McMichael-Strome-Wilson

Protas-Dubois-Raddysh

Lapierre-Eller-Mangiapane

Duhaime-Dowd-Miroshnichenko

Fehervary-Carlson

Sandin-Roy

Chychrun-Van Riemsdyk

Lindgren

Thompson

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Washington Hockey – Inside The Rink

Players To Watch:

Buffalo Sabres

Peyton Krebs has three assists in his last two games. Alex Tuch has eight goals and 16 assists for the Sabres. Tage Thompson has scored six goals over the past ten games.

Washington Capitals

Forward Dylan Strome leads Washington with 27 assists and 36 points. Connor McMichael has 15 goals and 26 points. Tom Wilson has chipped in with 11 goals and 11 assists.

Injury Report:

Buffalo Sabres

D Rasmus Dahlin – Day to day
RW Sam Lafferty – Week to week

Washington Capitals

C Nicklas Backstrom – LTIR – Out indefinitely
RW TJ Oshie – LTIR – Out indefinitely
LW Sonny Milano – IR – Week to week
LW Alex Ovechkin – IR – Out four to six weeks

Next Game

Buffalo Sabres – December 15 at Toronto
Washington Capitals – December 16 at Dallas

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