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Projected Lineups for the Sabres vs Canadiens – 12/17/24

The Buffalo Sabres take on the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

SABRES (11-16-4) at CANADIENS (11-16-3)

7 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, MSG-B

Sabres projected lineup

Zach Benson — Tage Thompson — Alex Touch
Jack Quinn — Dylan Cozens — JJ Peterka
Ryan McLeod — Jiri Kulich — Jason Zucker
Beck Malenstyn — Peyton Krebs — Nicolas Aube-Kubel

Mattias Samuelsson — Owen Power
Bowen Byram — Henri Jokiharju
Dennis Gilbert — Connor Clifton

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
James Reimer

Scratched: Jacob Bryson

Injured: Rasmus Dahlin (back spasms), Sam Lafferty (lower body), Jordan Greenway (middle body)

Status report

  • Dahlin took part in the morning skate wearing a regular jersey but the defenseman will miss his seventh straight game. … Greenway, a forward, left the morning skate and is doubtful to play; he would likely be replaced by Aube-Kubel.

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Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook — Kirby Dach — Patrik Laine
Josh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman — Jake Evans — Joel Armia

Lane Hutson — Mike Matheson
Kaiden Guhle — Justin Barron
Arber Xhekaj — David Savard

Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau

Scratched: Michael Pezzetta, Jayden Struble

Injured: None

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Brian Finlayson

Brian Finlayson is a lifelong hockey and overall sports fan who has spent the last several years contributing to The Hockey Writers as part of the Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose writing team.

Brian holds a Bachelor's Degree in Communications & Media from Canadian Mennonite University. He hopes to combine his loves of sports and storytelling to find a career in sports media. In the summer, Brian spends his time writing baseball for the Winnipeg Goldeyes and Winnipeg Sun.

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