Projected Lineups for Sabres vs Lightning - 3/6/25 - The Hockey Writers - Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres take on the Tampa Bay Lightning today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

SABRES (24-30-6) at LIGHTNING (36-21-4)

7 p.m. ET; ESPN

Sabres projected lineup

JJ Peterka — Jiri Kulich — Tage Thompson
Jordan Greenway — Dylan Cozens — Alex Tuch
Zach Benson — Ryan McLeod — Jack Quinn
Beck Malenstyn — Peyton Krebs — Sam Lafferty

Bowen Byram — Rasmus Dahlin
Mattias Samuelsson — Owen Power
Jacob Bryson — Connor Clifton

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
James Reimer

Scratched: Dennis Gilbert, Henri Jokiharju

Injured: Jason Zucker (lower body)

Status Report:

Zucker has seen little improvement, according to coach Lindy Ruff, who added said the forward is exploring different treatment options. He will miss his fifth straight game and remains out indefinitely. …Greenway signed a two-year, $8 million contract with the Sabres on Wednesday.

Latest for THW:

Lightning projected lineup

Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Nick Paul
Gage Goncalves — Yanni Gourde — Oliver Bjorkstrand
Zemgus Girgensons — Luke Glendening — Mitchell Chaffee

Victor Hedman — J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Darren Raddysh

Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson

Scratched: Cam Atkinson, Nick Perbix

Injured: None

Status report:

Gourde and Bjorkstrand each will be in the lineup after being acquired from the Seattle Kraken in a three-team trade that also involved the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday; Gourde played the first six seasons of his NHL career with the Lightning and won the Stanley Cup with Tampa Bay in 2020 and 2021.