(Photo by: Jeffrey T. Barnes- AP)
Buffalo Sabres (28-17-5, 61 pts) at New York Islanders (27-18-5, 59 pts)
Venue: UBS Arena
Date: Saturday, January 24
Time: 1:00 pm EST
How To Watch:Â ESPN+, MSG Buffalo. MSGSN
Radio:Â 550 WGR AM, 88.7 FM WRHU, 103.9 FM LI News
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Buffalo Sabres News & Notes:
The Sabres beat the Canadiens Wednesday night 4-2 in Montreal. Over their previous five games, the Sabres have a 3-1-1 record, scoring an average of 3.8 goals per game and allowing an average of 2.8 goals per game. The Sabres beat the Islanders in a shootout 3-2 back on December 20th in Buffalo in their last meeting.
New York Islanders News & Notes:
The Islanders lost their last game 4-1 against the Kraken back on January 21st. In their last five games, New York has a 2-3-0 record, scoring an average of 2.4 goals per game and allowing an average of 3.2 goals per game. The Islanders will look to even the season series in their second meeting of the season Saturday afternoon.
Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines:
Doan-Thompson-Tuch
Zucker-McLeod-Quinn
Benson-Ostlund-Helenius
Greenway-Krebs-Malenstyn
Samuelsson-Dahlin
Power-Byram
Kesselring-Metsa
Luukkonen
Lyon
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New York Islanders Projected Lines
Drouin-Horvat-Heineman
Lee-Barzal-Duclair
Shabanov-Pageu-Holmstrom
Cizikas-Ritchie-Maclean
Schaefer-Pulock
Pelech-DeAngelo
Boqvist-Mayfield
Sorokin
Rittich
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Players To Watch:
Buffalo Sabres
Josh Doan had an assist and two shots in the 3-2 shootout win over the Islanders back on December 20th for the Sabres. He has two assists and one goal over his last five games played for Buffalo.
New York Islanders
Matthew Barzal had a goal and an assist with four shots in the shootout loss to Buffalo in the first meeting back on December 20th. He has five assists in his last five games for New York.
Injury Report:
Buffalo Sabres
D Conor Timmins – IR
F Jiri Kulich – IR
F Justin Danforth – IR
F Josh Norris – IR
F Josh Dunne – IR
D Jacob Bryson -OUT
F Zach Benson – DTD
New York Islanders
F Pierre Engvall – IR
G Semyon Varlamov – IR
D Alexander Romanov – IR
F Kyle Palmieri – IR
F- Bo Horvat -DTD
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