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Tampa Bay Lightning (48-22-6, 102 pts) at Buffalo Sabres (46-23-8, 100 pts)<\/p>\n

Venue: KeyBank Center
Date: Monday, April 6
Time: 7:00 pm EST
How To Watch:\u00a0NHL Network\/MSG-B\/The Spot
Radio: 102.5 FM The Bone\/550 WGR AM<\/p>\n

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Tampa Bay Lightning News & Notes:<\/p>\n

The Lightning picked up their second straight win on Saturday with a 3-1 victory over the Bruins. They\u2019ve won four of their last five games, averaging 3.4 goals per game while allowing 2.4 goals per game. <\/p>\n

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

The Sabres dropped their second straight on Saturday in a 6-2 win over the Capitals. They did however clinch a playoff spot and snapped a 14 season playoff drought. <\/p>\n

Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines:<\/p>\n

Guentzel-Point-Kucherov
Bjorkstrand-Cirelli-Goncalves
Girgensons-Gourde-Holmberg
Perry-Paul-Chaffee<\/p>\n

Raddysh-Moser
McDonagh-Cernak
D\u2019Astous-Lilleberg<\/p>\n

Vasilevskiy
Johansson<\/p>\n

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Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines<\/p>\n

Krebs-Thompson-Doan
Zucker-Norris-Tuch
Benson-McLeod-Quinn\u2019s
Greenway-Kozak-Malenstyn<\/p>\n

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

Luukkonen
Lyon<\/p>\n

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Tampa Bay Lightning<\/p>\n

Nikita Kucherov has five points in two of the three games against the Sabres this season, on three goals and two assists. <\/p>\n

Buffalo Sabres<\/p>\n

Josh Doan has a point in all three games against the Lightning this season. He has three goals and an assist. <\/p>\n

Injury Report:<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay Lightning<\/p>\n

F Dominic James \u2013 IR
D Maxwell Crozier \u2013 IR
F Declan Carlile \u2013 IR
F Brandon Hagel \u2013 DTD
F Scott Sabourin \u2013 DTD
D Victor Hedman \u2013 DTD<\/p>\n

Buffalo Sabres<\/p>\n

F Noah Ostlund\u00a0\u2013 DTD
F\u00a0Jiri Kulich<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR
F\u00a0Justin Danforth<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR
F Sam Carrick \u2013 DTD<\/p>\n

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