NHL Game Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Buffalo Sabres with Line Combinations 04/06/2026 | Inside The Rink
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Tampa Bay Lightning (48-22-6, 102 pts) at Buffalo Sabres (46-23-8, 100 pts)
Venue: KeyBank Center
Date: Monday, April 6
Time: 7:00 pm EST
How To Watch: NHL Network/MSG-B/The Spot
Radio: 102.5 FM The Bone/550 WGR AM
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Tampa Bay Lightning News & Notes:
The Lightning picked up their second straight win on Saturday with a 3-1 victory over the Bruins. They’ve won four of their last five games, averaging 3.4 goals per game while allowing 2.4 goals per game.
Buffalo Sabres News & Notes:
The Sabres dropped their second straight on Saturday in a 6-2 win over the Capitals. They did however clinch a playoff spot and snapped a 14 season playoff drought.
Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines:
Guentzel-Point-Kucherov
Bjorkstrand-Cirelli-Goncalves
Girgensons-Gourde-Holmberg
Perry-Paul-Chaffee
Raddysh-Moser
McDonagh-Cernak
D’Astous-Lilleberg
Vasilevskiy
Johansson
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Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines
Krebs-Thompson-Doan
Zucker-Norris-Tuch
Benson-McLeod-Quinn’s
Greenway-Kozak-Malenstyn
Samuelsson-Dahlin
Byram-Power
Stanley-Metsa
Luukkonen
Lyon
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Players To Watch:
Tampa Bay Lightning
Nikita Kucherov has five points in two of the three games against the Sabres this season, on three goals and two assists.
Buffalo Sabres
Josh Doan has a point in all three games against the Lightning this season. He has three goals and an assist.
Injury Report:
Tampa Bay Lightning
F Dominic James – IR
D Maxwell Crozier – IR
F Declan Carlile – IR
F Brandon Hagel – DTD
F Scott Sabourin – DTD
D Victor Hedman – DTD
Buffalo Sabres
F Noah Ostlund – DTD
F Jiri Kulich – IR
F Justin Danforth – IR
F Sam Carrick – DTD
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