Projected Lineups for the Sabres vs Bruins - 3/17/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Buffalo Sabres are heading into Boston to take on the Boston Bruins tonight at TD Garden. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

SABRES (26-33-6) at BRUINS (30-30-8)

7 p.m. ET; NESN, MSG-B

Sabres projected lineup

Jordan Greenway — Tage Thompson — Alex Tuch
Zach Benson — Ryan McLeod — Jason Zucker
Brett Murray — Peyton Krebs — Jack Quinn
Beck Malenstyn — Tyson Kozak — Sam Lafferty

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

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
James Reimer

Scratched: Isak Rosen, Jacob Bernard-Docker

Injured: Jiri Kulich (concussion), Josh Norris (undisclosed), JJ Peterka (lower body)

Status Report:

Peterka participated in the Sabres morning skate but will not play. The forward is on track to return at the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday, coach Lindy Ruff said. … Norris missed the morning skate. The Sabres are hopeful the forward will return to skating later in the week. … Kulich did not travel with the team. The forward was injured during the second period of a 4-3 shootout win against the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday on a hit by Brett Howden.

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Bruins projected lineup

Morgan Geekie — Pavel Zacha — David Pastrnak
Cole Koepke — Casey Mittelstadt — Vinni Lettieri
Marat Khusnutdinov — Elias Lindholm — Jakub Lauko
John Beecher — Patrick Brown — Mark Kastelic

Nikita Zadorov — Henri Jokiharju
Mason Lohrei — Andrew Peeke
Parker Wotherspoon — Ian Mitchell

Jeremy Swayman
Joonas Korpisalo

Scratched: None

Injured: Charlie McAvoy (shoulder), Hampus Lindholm (knee)

Status report:

The Bruins are expected to go with the same lineup used for a 6-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday.

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