NHL Game Preview: Vancouver Canucks at Buffalo Sabres with Line Combinations 11/29/2024

Vancouver Canucks (11-7-3, 25 Pts) at Buffalo Sabres (11-10-1, 23 Pts)
Venue: KeyBank Center
Date: Today – Friday, November 29
Time: 3:00 pm EST

TV: ESPN+, MSG-B
Radio:
Vancouver – Sportsnet 650
Buffalo – WGR 550 Sports Radio

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Vancouver -1.5 ML -118
Buffalo +1.5 ML -102
O/U 6

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Vancouver Canucks News & Notes:

The Canucks are coming off a 5-4 loss to the Penguins on Wednesday. Vancouver is 8-2-0 on the road this season and are playing game four of a six-game road trip.

Buffalo Sabres News & Notes:

The Sabres are 6-6-0 at home this season. Buffalo lost to the Minnesota Wild 1-0 on Wednesday night. The Sabres rank ninth in the league in shot attempts with 61.7 shot attempts per 60 minutes played at five-on-five.

Vancouver Canucks Projected Lines

DeBrusk-Pettersson-Sherwood

Heinen-Blueger-Boeser

Joshua-Suter-Garland

Sasson-Raty-Hoglander

Hughes-Hronek

Brannstrom-Myers

Soucy-Juulsen

Lankinen

Silovs

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Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines

Peterka-Thompson-Tuch

Benson-Cozens-Quinn

Zucker-Kulich-Quinn

Malenstyn-MacLeod-Lafferty

Dahlin-Byram

Power-Jokiharju

Bryson-Clifton

Luukkonen

Reimer

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Buffalo Hockey – Inside The Rink

Players To Watch:

Vancouver Canucks

Quinn Hughes has five goals and 18 assists for the Canucks. Elias Pettersson has scored five goals and added seven assists over the past 10 games.

Buffalo Sabres

John-Jason Peterka has scored seven goals with nine assists for the Sabres. Tage Thompson returned from injury Wednesday and has six goals and four assists over the past 10 games.

Injury Report:

Vancouver Canucks

G Thatcher Demko – IR (Non-Roster) – No Target Date for return
D Derek Forbort – Day To Day – Personal Reasons
C JT Miller – OUT – Personal Reasons

Buffalo Sabres

C Jordan Greenway – Week to week
D Mattias Samuelsson – Week to week

Next Game

Vancouver Canucks – December 1 at Detroit
Buffalo Sabres – November 30 at New York Islanders

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