NHL Game Preview: Florida Panthers at Buffalo Sabres with Line Combinations 10/28/2024

Inside the Rink Game Day Preview

Florida Panthers (6-3-1, 13 Pts) at Buffalo Sabres (4-4-1, 9 Pts)

Date: Monday, October 28

KeyBank Center – Buffalo, New York

Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: ESPN+, Scripps-FLA, MSG-B

Radio: 560 WQAM, WGR 550 Sports Radio

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Florida Panthers: -1.5 ML 155

Buffalo Sabres: +1.5 ML +130

O/U 6

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Florida Panthers Notes:

After Monday’s game, the Panthers travel to Finland for two games against the Dallas Stars in the 2024 Global Series. On Saturday, the Panthers fell behind 3-0 to the Islanders before scoring six straight goals.

Buffalo Sabres Notes:

The Buffalo Sabres will go for their fourth straight win when they host the Florida Panthers on Monday night. Buffalo is coming off a 5-3 win against the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday.

Florida Panthers Lineup:

Rodrigues-Barkov-Reinhart

Verhaeghe-Bennett-Tkachuk

Luostarinen-Lundell-J. Boqvist

Greer-Giles-Samoskevich

Forsling-Ekblad

Mikkola-Kulikov

Schmidt-Balinskis

Bobrovsky

Knight

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Buffalo Sabres Lineup:

Peterka-Thompson-Tuch

Aube-Kubel-Cozens-Quinn

Zucker-McLeod-Greenway

Malenstyn-Krebs-Lafferty

Dahlin-Jokiharju

Byram-Power

Samuelsson-Clifton

Luukkonen

Levi

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Players To Watch:

Florida Panthers:

Forward Sam Bennett has scored a goal in four straight games, and Matthew Tkachuk recorded his 11th multi-goal game as a Panther on Saturday. Center Aleksander Barkov returns after missing eight games with an injury.

Buffalo Sabres:

Tage Thompson has ten points (six goals, four assists) during a six-game point streak, but Buffalo center Ryan McLeod saw his four-game goal streak end. Rasmus Dahlin had his 40th career multi-assist game.

Injury Report:

Florida Panthers:

Tomas Nosek (Undisclosed)

Buffalo Sabres:

Zach Benson (Lower Body)

Next Game:

Florida Panthers: November 1 at Dallas at 1:00 pm EST.

Buffalo Sabres: November 1 vs New York Islanders at 7:00 pm EST.

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