{"id":408301,"date":"2026-01-12T12:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T12:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/408301\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T12:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T12:50:09","slug":"nhl-game-preview-florida-panthers-at-buffalo-sabres-with-line-combinations-1-12-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/408301\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Florida Panthers at Buffalo Sabres with Line Combinations 1\/12\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-1-11.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"NHL Game Preview: Florida Panthers at Buffalo Sabres with Line Combinations 1\/12\/2026\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>AP Photo\/Jeffrey T. Barnes<\/p>\n<p>Florida Panthers (23-18-3, 49 pts) at Buffalo Sabres (24-15-4, 52 pts)<\/p>\n<p>Venue: KeyBank Center<br \/>Date: Monday, January 12<br \/>Time: 7:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch:\u00a0ESPN+\/SCRIPPS\/MSG-B<br \/>Radio:\u00a0104.3 WQAM\/550 WGR<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Florida Panthers News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Panthers\u00a0snapped a two-game losing streak on Saturday with a 3-2 win over the Senators. They\u2019re 2-3-0 in their last five games, averaging 1.8 goals per game while allowing 3.6 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Sabres &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Sabres have started another winning streak with their third straight as they beat the Ducks 5-3 on Saturday. During their winning streak, they\u2019re averaging five goals per game while allowing 2.7 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/clavallee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Panthers Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Luostarinen-Lundell-Reinhart<br \/>Verhaeghe-Bennett-Greer<br \/>Vilmanis-Rodrigues-Samoskevich<br \/>Boqvist-Kunin-Studnicka<\/p>\n<p>Forsling-Ekblad<br \/>Mikkola-Balinskis<br \/>Sebrango-Petry<\/p>\n<p>Bobrovsky<br \/>Tarasov<\/p>\n<p>Buy Florida Hockey Gear Below!<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/search?q=florida&amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/florida-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=florida&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Hockey \u2013 Inside The Rink<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Krebs-Thompson-Doan<br \/>Zucker-Norris-Tuch<br \/>Benson-McLeod-Quinn<br \/>Greenway-Ostlund-Malenstyn<\/p>\n<p>Samuelsson-Dahlin<br \/>Byram-Power<br \/>Bryson-Metsa<\/p>\n<p>Luukkonen<br \/>Ellis<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/search?q=Buffalo&amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get Your Buffalo Hockey Merchandise here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Florida Panthers<\/p>\n<p>Mackie Samoskevich led the Panthers with seven shots on goal in their loss to the Sabres back in October. The Panthers were shut out.<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Sabres<\/p>\n<p>Josh Doan scored two goals in the Sabres\u2019 3-0 win over the Panthers back on October 18th. <\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Florida Panthers<\/p>\n<p>LW\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/matthew-tkachuk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Tkachuk<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>C\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/aleksander-barkov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aleksander Barkov<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 LTIR<br \/>C\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/player-profile-tomas-nosek\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tomas Nosek<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Out<br \/>D\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/dmitry-kulikov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dmitry Kulikov<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>LW\u00a0Jonah Gadjovich\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>C Cole Schwindt \u2013 IR<br \/>F Brad Marchand \u2013 DTD<br \/>D Seth Jones \u2013 DTD<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Sabres<\/p>\n<p>D\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/conor-timmins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conor Timmins<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>F\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/jiri-kulich\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jiri Kulich<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>F\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/justin-danforth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Danforth<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>D Michael Kesselring \u2013 IR<br \/>F Tyson Kozak \u2013 Out<br \/>G Alex Lyon \u2013 IR<\/p>\n<p>Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AP Photo\/Jeffrey T. 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