{"id":536579,"date":"2026-04-02T13:18:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/536579\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:18:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:18:28","slug":"nhl-game-preview-buffalo-sabres-at-ottawa-senators-with-line-combinations-04-02-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/536579\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators with Line Combinations 04\/02\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Game Preview: Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators with Line Combinations 04\/02\/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\/04\/1775135905_735_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 Ottawa Senators with Line Combinations 04\/02\/2026<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-91.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 (46-21-8, 100 pts)\u00a0at\u00a0Ottawa Senators (38-26-10, 86 pts)<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Canadian Tire Centre<br \/>Date: Thursday, April 2<br \/>Time: 7:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch: ESPN+\/MSG-B\/RDS2\/TSN5<br \/>Radio: 550 WGR AM\/TSN 1200 CFGO-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 4-3 win over the Islanders. They\u2019re recorded points in eight of their last nine games, averaging 3.4 goals per game while allowing 2.6 goals per game. <\/p>\n<p>Ottawa Senators News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">The Senators suffered their third straight loss in a 6-3 defeat to the Panthers on Tuesday night. During their skid, they\u2019re averaging 2.7 goals per game while allowing 4.7 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Krebs-Thompson-Tuch<br \/>Zucker-McLeod-Quinn<br \/>Benson-Norris-Doan<br \/>Greenway-Carrick-Malenstyn<\/p>\n<p>Samuelsson-Dahlin<br \/>Byram-Power<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>Ottawa Senators Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Batherson-Stutzle-Giroux<br \/>Tkachuk-Cozens-Greig<br \/>Cousins-Pinto-Amadio<br \/>Foegele-Eller-Zetterlund<\/p>\n<p>Kleven-Zub<br \/>Mantipalo-Thomson<br \/>Spence-Yakemchuk<\/p>\n<p>Ullmark<br \/>Reimer<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/ottawa-hockey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Get your Ottawa Hockey Merchandise Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Sabres<\/p>\n<p>Bowen Byram has a point in each game against the Senators this season. 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