Projected Lineups for Sabres vs Red Wings – 3/12/25

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

SABRES (25-32-6) at RED WINGS (30-28-6)

7:30 p.m. ET; FDSNDET, MAX, truTV, TNT, TVAS

Sabres projected lineup

JJ Peterka — Josh Norris — Tage Thompson
Jason Zucker — Ryan McLeod — Alex Touch
Zach Benson — Peyton Krebs — Jack Quinn
Beck Malenstyn — Sam Lafferty — Jordan Greenway

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

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
James Reimer

Scratched: Jacob Bernard-Docker, Isak Rosen, Josh Dunne

Injured: Jiri Kulich (illness)

Status Report:

The Sabres did not hold a morning skate.

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Red Wings projected lineup

Elmer Soderblom — Dylan Larkin — Lucas Raymond
Patrick Kane — Marco Kasper — Alex DeBrincat
Vladimir Tarasenko — J.T. Compher — Craig Smith
Michael Rasmussen — Tyler Motte — Dominik Shine

Ben Chiarot — Moritz Seider
Simon Edvinsson — Albert Johansson
Erik Gustafsson — Justin Holl

Petr Mrazek
Cam Talbot

Scratched: William Lagesson, Alex Lyon, Jonatan Berggren

Injured: Jeff Petry (undisclosed), Andrew Copp (upper body)

Status report:

Mrazek will start for the first time since being acquired from the Chicago Blackhawks on March 7. He played his first 166 games of his NHL career with the Red Wings before being traded to the Philadelphia Flyers on Feb. 19, 2018.

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