NHL Game Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres with Line Combinations 1/17/2025

Pittsburgh Penguins (18-20-8, 44 Pts) at Buffalo Sabres (17-22-5, 39 Pts)
Venue: KeyBank Center
Date: Tonight – Friday, January 17
Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: Sportsnet-PT, MSG-B, ESPN+
Radio:
Pittsburgh – 105.9 FM The X
Buffalo – 550 WGR

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Pittsburgh -1.5 ML -110
Buffalo +1.5 ML +110
O/U 6

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Pittsburgh Penguins News & Notes:

The Penguins have lost three consecutive games after a 4-2 loss to the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday. Pittsburgh is 6-10-5 on the road this season. The Pens defeated the Sabres 6-5 in overtime earlier this season.

Buffalo Sabres News & Notes:

The Sabres have won three out of four games after a 4-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday. Buffalo is 9-11-3 at home this season. The Sabres have the league’s 27th-ranked power play.

Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Lines

Rakell-Crosby-Rust
Bunting-Malkin-Beauvillier
O’Connor-Hayes-Tomasino
Nieto-Lizotte-Acciari

Pettersson-Letang
Grzelcyk-Karlsson
Graves-Joseph

Nedeljkovic
Blomquist

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Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines

Zucker-Cozens-Thompson
Peterka-McLeod-Tuch
Benson-Krebs-Quinn
Malenstyn-Kozak-Lafferty

Dahlin-Byram
Power-Jokiharju
Samuelsson-Clifton

Luukkonen
Reimer

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Buffalo Hockey – Inside The Rink

Players To Watch:

Pittsburgh Penguins

Rickard Rakell has 22 goals and 15 assists for the Penguins. Sidney Crosby has two goals and seven assists over the past ten games. Evgeni Malkin collected a goal and three assists in the first meeting.

Buffalo Sabres

Tage Thompson has scored 19 goals with 16 assists for the Sabres. Rasmus Dahlin has 12 assists over the past ten games.

Injury Report:

Pittsburgh Penguins

D Jack St. Ivany – Week to week

Buffalo Sabres

LW Jordan Greenway – Out Long Term
C Jiri Kulich – Week to week

Next Game

Pittsburgh Penguins – January 18 at Washington Capitals
Buffalo Sabres – January 20 at Seattle Kraken

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