Projected Lineups for Hurricanes vs Sabres - 4/8/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

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

HURRICANES (46-26-4) at SABRES (34-36-6)

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

Hurricanes projected lineup

Seth Jarvis — Sebastian Aho — Jackson Blake
Taylor Hall — Jack Roslovic — Logan Stankoven
Jordan Martinook — Jordan Staal — Andrei Svechnikov
Tyson Jost — Mark Jankowski — Eric Robinson

Jaccob Slavin — Brent Burns
Shayne Gostisbehere — Sean Walker
Dmitry Orlov — Jalen Chatfield

Pyotr Kochetkov
Frederik Andersen

Scratched: Scott Morrow

Injured: Jesperi Kotkaniemi (undisclosed), William Carrier (lower body), Jesper Fast (neck)

Status report:

Staal and Svechnikov each is expected to return; Staal has missed four games with a lower-body injury and Svechnikov two with an undisclosed injury. … Kotkaniemi will be out at least a week after the forward was injured in a 5-1 loss at the Boston Bruins on Saturday, but Hurricanes coach coach Rod Brind’Amour said it’s “nothing too serious.”

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Sabres projected lineup

Zach Benson — Jiri Kulich — Tage Thompson
JJ Peterka — Ryan McLeod — Jack Quinn
Jason Zucker — Peyton Krebs — Alex Tuch
Beck Malenstyn – Noah Ostlund — Sam Lafferty

Mattias Samuelsson — Rasmus Dahlin
Owen Power — Jacob Bernard-Docker
Bowen Byram — Connor Clifton

James Reimer
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Scratched: Jacob Bryson

Injured: Tyson Kozak (hip strain), Jordan Greenway (lower body), Josh Norris (middle body)

Status Report:

The Sabres are expected to dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 6-3 win against the Bruins on Sunday.

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