{"id":441350,"date":"2026-02-02T12:23:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/441350\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T12:23:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:23:21","slug":"nhl-game-preview-buffalo-sabres-at-florida-panthers-with-line-combinations-2-2-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/441350\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Buffalo Sabres at Florida Panthers with Line Combinations 2\/2\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Game Preview: Buffalo Sabres at Florida Panthers with Line Combinations 2\/2\/2026 | Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"skip-link screen-reader-text\" href=\"#content\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" class=\"custom-logo-link\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764203590_941_Clean-Logo-1.png\" class=\"custom-logo\" alt=\"Inside The Rink Logo\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/boxscorejunkie.com\/nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770034994_775_cropped-Life-Insurance.png .webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" itemprop=\"item\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/nhl\/\" itemprop=\"item\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL<\/a>NHL Game Preview: Buffalo Sabres at Florida Panthers with Line Combinations 2\/2\/2026<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Untitled-design-1-56.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>AP Photo\/Marta Lavandier<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Sabres (31-18-5, 67 pts) at Florida Panthers (28-23-3, 59 pts)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Amerant Bank Arena<br \/>Date: Monday, February 2<br \/>Time: 7:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch: ESPN+\/MSG-B\/SCRIPPS<br \/>Radio: 550 WGR AM\/560AM WQAM<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Sabres News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Panthers News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Panthers\u00a0suffered their third straight loss on Saturday in a 2-1 defeat to the Jets. During their skid, they\u2019re averaging 2.7 goals per game while allowing 3.7 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Benson-Thompson-Tuch<br \/>Zucker-McLeod-Quinn<br \/>Doan-Ostlund-Helenius<br \/>Kozak-Krebs-Malenstyn<\/p>\n<p>Samuelsson-Dahlin<br \/>Power-Byram<br \/>Kesselring-Metsa<\/p>\n<p>Ellis<br \/>Lyon<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/search?q=Buffalo&amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get Your Buffalo Hockey Merchandise here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Florida Panthers Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Luostarinen-Rodrigues-Reinhart<br \/>Verhaeghe-Bennett-Tkachukx<br \/>Vilmanis-Schwindt-Greer<br \/>Boqvist-Kunin-Samoskevich<\/p>\n<p>Forsling-Ekblad<br \/>Mikkola-Balinskis<br \/>Bjornfot-Petry<\/p>\n<p>Bobrovsky<br \/>Tarasov<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/search?q=Florida&amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get your Florida Hockey Merchandise here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Sabres<\/p>\n<p>Josh Doan had two goals in one of the two games against the Panthers earlier this season. <\/p>\n<p>Florida Panthers<\/p>\n<p>A.J. Greer had two goals in one of the two games against the Sabres earlier this season.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Sabres<\/p>\n<p>D\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/conor-timmins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conor Timmins<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>F\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/jiri-kulich\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jiri Kulich<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>F\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/justin-danforth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Danforth<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>F Josh Norris \u2013 IR<br \/>F Josh Dunne \u2013 IR<br \/>D Jacob Bryson \u2013 IR<br \/>G Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen \u2013 Out<\/p>\n<p>Florida Panthers<\/p>\n<p>F\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/anton-lundell\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anton Lundell<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 DTD<br \/>D\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/seth-jones\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seth Jones<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>F Jonah Gadjovich \u2013 IR<br \/>F Aleksander Barkov \u2013 IR<br \/>D Dmitry Kulikov \u2013 IR<br \/>F Tomas Nosek \u2013 Out<br \/>F Brad Marchand \u2013 DTD<\/p>\n<p>Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/clavallee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770034996_558_276326315b493f582c4d87a8721917f57a6f9df6b8a3bc8ca3c490d0be2e9c6e.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/nhl-game-preview-san-jose-sharks-at-chicago-blackhawks-with-line-combinations-2-2-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" class=\"featured-image\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Untitled-design-131-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/nhl-game-preview-st-louis-blues-at-nashville-predators-with-line-combinations-2-2-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" class=\"featured-image\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Untitled-design-132-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/nhl-game-preview-montreal-canadiens-at-minnesota-wild-with-line-combinations-2-2-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" class=\"featured-image\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Untitled-design-2-33-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/nhl-game-preview-montreal-canadiens-at-minnesota-wild-with-line-combinations-2-2-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL Game Preview: Montreal Canadiens at Minnesota Wild with Line Combinations 2\/2\/2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens (31-17-7, 69 pts) at Minnesota Wild (32-14-10, 74 pts) Venue: Grand Casino ArenaDate: Monday, February 2Time: 7:30 pm ESTHow To Watch: ESPN+\/Prime\/RDS\/FDSNNO\/FDSNWIRadio: TSN 690\/104.5 ESPN Radio Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster Montreal Canadiens News &amp; Notes: The Canadiens\u00a0picked up their third straight win on Saturday with a 4-2 win over the Sabres. 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