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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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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