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
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