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Minnesota Wild (26-13-9, 61 pts) at Buffalo Sabres (26-16-4, 54 pts)
Venue: KeyBank Center
Date: Saturday, January 17
Time: 12:30 pm EST
How To Watch:Â NHL Network/FDSNNO/FDSNWI/MSG-B
Radio:Â 104.5 ESPN Radio/550 WGR
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Minnesota Wild News & Notes:
The Wild suffered their third straight loss on Thursday in a 6-2 loss to the Jets. They’ve dropped five of their last six games, averaging 2.7 goals per game while allowing 4.3 goals per game.
Buffalo Sabres & Notes:
The Sabres picked up a 5-3 win over the Canadiens on Thursday. They’ve won five of their last six games, averaging 4.7 goals per game while allowing 2.8 goals per game.
Minnesota Wild Projected Lines:
Kaprizov-Yurov-Zuccarello
Johansson-Hartman-Boldy
Foligno-Sturm-Tarasenko
Trenin-Jones-Pitlick
Hughes-Faber
Middleton-Spurgeon
Hunt-Spacek
Wallstedt
Gustavsson
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Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines:
Benson-Thompson-Tuch
Zucker-McLeod-Quinn
Ostlund-Krebs-Doan
Greenway-Kozaek-Malenstyn
Samuelsson-Dahlin
Byram-Power
Bryson-Metsa
Luukkonen
Ellis
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Players To Watch:
Minnesota Wild
Kirill Kaprizov scored a goal in the Wild’s loss to the Sabres back in November.
Buffalo Sabres
Josh Doan scored a goal in the Sabres’ 3-2 shootout win over the Wild back on November 29th.
Injury Report:
Minnesota Wild
D Zach Bogosian – IR
F Joel Eriksson Ek – Out
D Jonas Brodin – IR
Buffalo Sabres
D Conor Timmins – IR
F Jiri Kulich – IR
F Justin Danforth – IR
D Michael Kesselring – DTD
F Josh Norris – Out
G Alex Lyon – IR
F Josh Dunne – IR
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