{"id":426121,"date":"2026-01-24T20:08:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T20:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/426121\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T20:08:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T20:08:45","slug":"nhl-game-preview-buffalo-sabres-at-new-york-islanders-with-line-combinations-1-24-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/426121\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Buffalo Sabres at New York Islanders with Line Combinations 1\/24\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Photo by: Jeffrey T. Barnes- AP)<\/p>\n

Buffalo Sabres (28-17-5, 61 pts) at New York Islanders (27-18-5, 59 pts)<\/p>\n

Venue: UBS Arena
Date: Saturday, January 24
Time: 1:00 pm EST
How To Watch:\u00a0ESPN+, MSG Buffalo. MSGSN
Radio:\u00a0550 WGR AM, 88.7 FM WRHU, 103.9 FM LI News<\/p>\n

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Buffalo Sabres News & Notes:<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

New York Islanders News & Notes:<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines:<\/p>\n

Doan-Thompson-Tuch
Zucker-McLeod-Quinn
Benson-Ostlund-Helenius
Greenway-Krebs-Malenstyn<\/p>\n

Samuelsson-Dahlin
Power-Byram
Kesselring-Metsa<\/p>\n

Luukkonen
Lyon<\/p>\n

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New York Islanders Projected Lines<\/p>\n

Drouin-Horvat-Heineman
Lee-Barzal-Duclair
Shabanov-Pageu-Holmstrom
Cizikas-Ritchie-Maclean<\/p>\n

Schaefer-Pulock
Pelech-DeAngelo
Boqvist-Mayfield<\/p>\n

Sorokin
Rittich<\/p>\n

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Players To Watch:<\/p>\n

Buffalo Sabres<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

New York Islanders<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Injury Report:<\/p>\n

Buffalo Sabres<\/p>\n

D\u00a0Conor Timmins<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR
F\u00a0Jiri Kulich<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR
F\u00a0Justin Danforth<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR
F Josh Norris \u2013 IR
F Josh Dunne \u2013 IR
D Jacob Bryson -OUT
F Zach Benson \u2013 DTD<\/p>\n

New York Islanders<\/p>\n

F Pierre Engvall<\/a> \u2013 IR
G\u00a0Semyon Varlamov<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR
D\u00a0Alexander Romanov<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR
F\u00a0Kyle Palmieri<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR
F- Bo Horvat<\/a> -DTD<\/p>\n

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