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Buffalo Sabres (31-18-5, 67 pts) at Florida Panthers (28-23-3, 59 pts) 

Venue: Amerant Bank Arena
Date: Monday, February 2
Time: 7:00 pm EST
How To Watch: ESPN+/MSG-B/SCRIPPS
Radio: 550 WGR AM/560AM WQAM

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Buffalo Sabres News & Notes:

The Sabres had their five-game winning streak snapped on Saturday in a 4-2 loss to the Canadiens. They went 10-4-1 in January, averaging 4.1 goals per game while allowing 2.9 goals per game.

Florida Panthers News & Notes:

The Panthers suffered their third straight loss on Saturday in a 2-1 defeat to the Jets. During their skid, they’re averaging 2.7 goals per game while allowing 3.7 goals per game.

Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines:

Benson-Thompson-Tuch
Zucker-McLeod-Quinn
Doan-Ostlund-Helenius
Kozak-Krebs-Malenstyn

Samuelsson-Dahlin
Power-Byram
Kesselring-Metsa

Ellis
Lyon

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Florida Panthers Projected Lines:

Luostarinen-Rodrigues-Reinhart
Verhaeghe-Bennett-Tkachukx
Vilmanis-Schwindt-Greer
Boqvist-Kunin-Samoskevich

Forsling-Ekblad
Mikkola-Balinskis
Bjornfot-Petry

Bobrovsky
Tarasov

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Players To Watch:

Buffalo Sabres

Josh Doan had two goals in one of the two games against the Panthers earlier this season.

Florida Panthers

A.J. Greer had two goals in one of the two games against the Sabres earlier this season.

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 – IR
G Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen – Out

Florida Panthers

F Anton Lundell – DTD
D Seth Jones – IR
F Jonah Gadjovich – IR
F Aleksander Barkov – IR
D Dmitry Kulikov – IR
F Tomas Nosek – Out
F Brad Marchand – DTD

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