Projected Lineups for the Sabres vs Utah HC – 3/20/25

The Buffalo Sabres take on the Utah Hockey Club at Delta Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

SABRES (27-33-6) at UTAH (30-27-11)

9 p.m. ET; Utah16, MSG-B

Sabres projected lineup

JJ Peterka — Tage Thompson — Alex Tuch
Brett Murray — Ryan McLeod — Jason Zucker
Jordan Greenway — 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: Jacob Bernard-Docker

Injured: Zach Benson (illness), Josh Norris (undisclosed), Jiri Kulich (concussion)

Status report:

Peterka will return after missing three games with a lower-body injury. … Benson, a forward, may not play, Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said. 

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Utah projected lineup

Clayton Keller — Logan Cooley — Nick Schmaltz
Michael Carcone — Barrett Hayton — Dylan Guenther
Lawson Crouse — Jack McBain — Josh Doan
Alexander Kerfoot — Kevin Stenlund — Mattias Maccelli

Mikhail Sergachev — John Marino
Olli Maatta — Sean Durzi
Ian Cole — Michael Kesselring

Karel Vejmelka
Jaxson Stauber

Scratched: Nick Bjugstad, Nick DeSimone

Injured: Robert Bortuzzo (lower body)

Status Report:

Maccelli will enter the lineup for the first time since Feb. 8 after being a healthy scratch the past 13 games.

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