Projected Lineups for Sabres vs Senators – 4/1/25

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

SABRES (31-36-6) at SENATORS (39-28-6)

7 p.m. ET; RDS2, TSN5, MSG-B

Sabres projected lineup

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

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

James Reimer
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Scratched: Jacob Bryson, Isak Rosen

Injured: Jordan Greenway (lower body), Josh Norris (middle body)

Status report:

Bryson, a defenseman, will be a healthy scratch for the second straight game. … Forwards Greenway and Norris each is “still in rehab,” according to Sabres coach Lindy Ruff; neither player made the trio to Ottawa.

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Senators projected lineup

Claude Giroux — Tim Stutzle — Fabian Zetterlund
David Perron — Dylan Cozens — Drake Batherson
Ridly Greig — Shane Pinto — Michael Amadio
Matthew Highmore — Adam Gaudette — Angus Crookshank

Jake Sanderson — Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot — Nick Jensen
Tyler Kleven — Nikolas Matinpalo

Linus Ullmark
Anton Forsberg

Scratched: Dennis Gilbert, Travis Hamonic

Injured: Nick Cousins (knee), Brady Tkachuk (upper body)

Status report:

Jensen did not take part in the Senators morning skate, but is expected to play. … Tkachuk, a forward injured on a hit by Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Ryan Graves in a 1-0 overtime loss Sunday, will “hopefully” only miss one game, coach Travis Green said. … In Tkachuk’s absence, Amadio will move up to the third line and Greig will slide over to play left wing. … Crookshank was recalled from Belleville of the American Hockey League on Tuesday.

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