{"id":511303,"date":"2026-03-19T12:11:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/511303\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T12:11:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:11:25","slug":"nhl-game-preview-buffalo-sabres-at-san-jose-sharks-with-line-combinations-03-19-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/511303\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Buffalo Sabres at San Jose Sharks with Line Combinations 03\/19\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Game Preview: Buffalo Sabres at San Jose Sharks with Line Combinations 03\/19\/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\/03\/1773922281_722_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 San Jose Sharks with Line Combinations 03\/19\/2026<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-1-30.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>AP Photo\/Jeffrey T. Barnes<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Sabres (42-20-6, 90 pts) at San Jose Sharks (32-28-6, 70 pts) <\/p>\n<p>Venue: KeyBank Center<br \/>Date: Thursday, March 19<br \/>Time: 10:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch:\u00a0ESPN+\/MSG-B\/NBC Sports BA<br \/>Radio: KPAY\u00a0Sports 1290 AM\/550 WGR AM<\/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 picked up their second straight win on Tuesday with a 2-0 victory over the Golden Knights. They\u2019re 7-1-0 in March, averaging 3.9 goals per game while allowing 2.1 goals per game. <\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">The Sharks dropped their second straight with a 5-3 loss to the Oilers on Tuesday. They\u2019re 3-3-2 in March, averaging 3.8 goals per game while allowing 4.1 goals per game. <\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">Ostlund-Thompson-Benson <br \/>Zucker-McLeod-Quinn<br \/>Krebs-Norris-Doan <br \/>Kozak-Carrick-Malenstyn<\/p>\n<p>Samuelsson-Dahlin<br \/>Power-Byram<br \/>Stanley-Metsa<\/p>\n<p>Luukkonen<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>San Jose Sharks Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">Graf-Celebrini-Smith <br \/>Eklund-Misa-Toffoli <br \/>Regenda-Wennberg-Sherwood <br \/>Goodrow-Ostapchuk-Gaudette <\/p>\n<p>Orlov-Klingberg<br \/>Ferraro-Desharnais <br \/>Dickinson-Leddy<\/p>\n<p>Nedeljkovic<br \/>Brossoit<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/san-jose-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=san&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get San Jose Hockey Merchandise Here:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Sabres<\/p>\n<p>Jack Quinn had a hat trick in the Sabres\u2019 win over the Sharks last week; he also had an assist.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks<\/p>\n<p>Kiefer Sherwood scored a goal in the Sharks\u2019 loss to the Sabres last Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Sabres<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">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 Jordan Greenway \u2013 IR<br \/>F Tanner Pearson \u2013 DTD<br \/>F Alex Tuch \u2013 DTD<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">F Ty Dellandrea \u2013 IR<br \/>G Yaroslav Askarov \u2013 DTD<br \/>F Igor Chernyshov \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\/03\/1773922285_208_276326315b493f582c4d87a8721917f57a6f9df6b8a3bc8ca3c490d0be2e9c6e.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\u00a9 2021-2025 Inside The Rink\u00ae<\/p>\n<p>This website has no affiliation to any of the hockey leagues it reports on. 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