{"id":471065,"date":"2026-02-25T11:26:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/471065\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T11:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:26:15","slug":"nhl-game-preview-buffalo-sabres-at-new-jersey-devils-with-line-combinations-02-25-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/471065\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Buffalo Sabres at New Jersey Devils with Line Combinations 02\/25\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NHL<\/p>\n

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

Buffalo Sabres (32-19-6, 70 pts) at New Jersey Devils (28-27-2, 58 pts)<\/p>\n

Venue: Prudential Center
Date: Wednesday, February 25
Time: 7:00 pm EST
How To Watch:\u00a0ESPN+, MSG Buffalo, MSGSN
Radio:\u00a0550 WGR AM\/101.9 FM<\/p>\n

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

The Sabres lost their last game before the Olympic break 5-2 to the Pittsburgh Peguins. In their previous five games, they had a 2-2-1 record, scoring 3.2 goals per game while conceding 3.4. The Sabres have a 1-1-0 record against the Devils this season.<\/p>\n

New Jersey Devils News & Notes:<\/p>\n

The Devils lost their last game 3-1 to the New York Islanders before the Olympic break. In their last five games, New York has a 1-4-0 record, scoring an average of 1.6 goals per game while conceding 3.2. The Devils are 1-1-0 against the Sabres this year. <\/p>\n

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

Krebs-Thompson-Tuch
Zucker-McLeod-Quinn
Ostlund-Norris-Doan
Dunne-Kozak-Malenstyn<\/p>\n

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

Lyon
Luukkonen<\/p>\n

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New Jersey Devils Projected Lines<\/p>\n

Meier-Hughes-Bratt
Palat-Hischier-Mercer
Gritsyuk-Glass-Brown
Glendenning-Bjugstad-Dadonov<\/p>\n

Pesce-Kovacevic
Pesce-Hamilton
Dillon-Nemec<\/p>\n

Markstrom
Allen<\/p>\n

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Players To Watch:<\/p>\n

Buffalo Sabres<\/p>\n

Zach Benson<\/a> had a goal in the Sabres\u2019 3-1 over the Devils back on December 21st.<\/p>\n

New Jersey Devils<\/p>\n

Arseny Gritsyuk<\/a> had two goals in the Devils 5-0 win over the Sabres on six shots back on November 28th.<\/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
F Zach Benson \u2013 DTD
G Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen \u2013 Out
F Jordan Greenway \u2013 DTD<\/p>\n

New Jersey Devils<\/p>\n

F Stefan Noesen<\/a>\u2013 IR
F Zack MacEwen<\/a> \u2013 IR
F Jack Hughes<\/a> \u2013 DTD
D Luke Hughes<\/a> -IR
D Jonas Siegenthaler<\/p>\n

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JC Giff<\/a><\/p>\n

Father of 3, Bruins, Red Sox, Cubs, Liverpool, Syracuse football and Basketball Fan. Love Fantasy Football, Baseball and Hockey. If I am not at work, I either at an ice rink, Ball field or spending quality time with my family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Photo by: Jeffrey T. Barnes-AP) Buffalo Sabres (32-19-6, 70 pts) at New Jersey Devils (28-27-2, 58 pts) Venue:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":471066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5109],"tags":[25554,229,22240,201,5,1272,9982,1534,11074,36853,5345,6814,1769,576,151,5185,5184,4,5573,854,7800,4023,1091],"class_list":{"0":"post-471065","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-jersey-devils","8":"tag-arseny-gritsyuk","9":"tag-buffalo-sabres","10":"tag-connor-timmins","11":"tag-devils","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-jack-hughes","14":"tag-jiri-kulich","15":"tag-jonas-siegenthaler","16":"tag-jordan-greenway","17":"tag-josh-dunne","18":"tag-josh-norris","19":"tag-justin-danforth","20":"tag-luke-hughes","21":"tag-new-jersey","22":"tag-new-jersey-devils","23":"tag-newjersey","24":"tag-newjerseydevils","25":"tag-nhl","26":"tag-nhl-game-preview","27":"tag-stefan-noesen","28":"tag-ukko-pekka-luukkonen","29":"tag-zach-benson","30":"tag-zack-macewen"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116131030688842449","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}