Projected Lineups for the Sharks vs Sabres – 3/4/25

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The San Jose Sharks take on the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

SHARKS (16-37-9) at SABRES (24-29-6)

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

Sharks projected lineup

William Eklund — Macklin Celebrini — Tyler Toffoli
Fabian Zetterlund — Alexander Wennberg — Will Smith
Barclay Goodrow — Ty Dellandrea — Luke Kunin
Collin Graf — Nico Sturm — Carl Grundstrom

Jake Walman — Timothy Liljegren
Mario Ferraro — Shakir Mukhamadullin
Marc-Edouard Vlasic — Jack Thompson

Vitek Vanecek
Alexandar Georgiev

Scratched: Klim Klostin, Jimmy Schuldt

Injured: Logan Couture (lower body), Jan Rutta (lower body), Nikolai Kovalenko (upper body), Henry Thrun (upper body)

Status report:

Neither team held a morning skate Tuesday after each played Monday; the Sharks won 3-2 in a shootout at the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Sabres lost 5-4 in overtime at the Montreal Canadiens. … Schuldt, a defenseman who was recalled from San Jose of the American Hockey League on Monday, could enter the lineup.

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Sabres projected lineup

JJ Peterka — Jiri Kulich — Tage Thompson
Jordan Greenway — Dylan Cozens — Alex Tuch
Zach Benson — Ryan McLeod — Jack Quinn
Beck Malenstyn — Peyton Krebs — Sam Lafferty

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

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
James Reimer

Scratched: Dennis Gilbert, Henri Jokiharju

Injured: Jason Zucker (lower body)

Status report:

Buffalo could make changes on defense after Samuelsson, a defenseman, was scratched against the Canadiens; if he does play, it’s unknown who will come out of the lineup.

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