Game Thread: Boston Bruins (11-1-2) at Buffalo Sabres (7-7-1) – 14 Nov 2023 – 7:00PM EST

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# Boston [](/r/bostonbruins) Bruins (11-1-2) at Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (7-7-1)

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##In-Game Updates

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##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|4:00PM|5:00PM|6:00PM|7:00PM|8:00PM|12:00AM|##Game Info:

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|TV|MSG-B, NESN, SNE, SNO, SNP|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020229) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020229/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020229/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020229/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner|Tage Thompson|Dylan Cozens|[BOS](/r/bostonbruins)|Brad Marchand|Pavel Zacha|David Pastrnak|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jordan Greenway|Casey Mittelstadt|John Jason Peterka|[BOS](/r/bostonbruins)|James van Riemsdyk|Charlie Coyle|Trent Frederic|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zemgus Girgensons|Tyson Jost|Kyle Okposo|[BOS](/r/bostonbruins)|Danton Heinen|Matthew Poitras|Jake DeBrusk|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Victor Olofsson|Peyton Krebs|Lukas Rousek|[BOS](/r/bostonbruins)|Jakub Lauko|John Beecher|Oskar Steen|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Mattias Samuelsson|Rasmus Dahlin|[BOS](/r/bostonbruins)|Mason Lohrei|Charlie McAvoy|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Owen Power|Henri Jokiharju|[BOS](/r/bostonbruins)|Hampus Lindholm|Brandon Carlo|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Connor Clifton|Erik Johnson|[BOS](/r/bostonbruins)|Derek Forbort|Kevin Shattenkirk|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|[BOS](/r/bostonbruins)|Linus Ullmark|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|[BOS](/r/bostonbruins)|Jeremy Swayman|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/buffalo-sabres/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/boston-bruins/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Alex Tuch|09 Nov 2023|Upper Body|OUT|Tuch (upper body) won’t play Tuesday against the Boston Bruins, Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News reports.|17 Nov 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zach Benson|31 Oct 2023|Lower Body|IR|The Sabres put Benson (lower body) on injured reserve Friday, Sabres insider Joe Yerdon reports.|17 Nov 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Eric Comrie|27 Oct 2023|Lower Body|IR|Comrie (lower body) felt good after participating in Thursday’s skate, but he’s likely to get into a few more practices before returning, per Paul Hamilton of WGR Sports Radio 550|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jack Quinn|21 Sep 2023|Achilles|IR-NR|Surgery|unknown|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[BOS](/r/bostonbruins)|Morgan Geekie|08 Nov 2023|Upper Body|IR|Geekie (upper body) was put on injured reserve Thursday.|unknown|
|[BOS](/r/bostonbruins)|Matt Grzelcyk|30 Oct 2023|Upper Body|IR-LT|Grzelcyk (upper body) was moved to long-term injured reserve Wednesday.|25 Nov 2023|
|[BOS](/r/bostonbruins)|Milan Lucic|22 Oct 2023|Ankle|IR-LT|Lucic (ankle) is not recovering as quickly as expected. Coach Jim Montgomery told reporters Monday, “Looch is not going as quick as we expected, so he’s maybe a week behind where we expected, but it’s not dramatic.”|20 Nov 2023|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/buffalo-sabres/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/boston-bruins/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|15|7|7|1|15|0.500|2.93|3.13|11.11|84.48|28.60|30.73|43.21|
|[BOS](/r/bostonbruins)|14|11|1|2|24|0.857|3.21|2.00|21.28|90.91|31.57|30.93|50.62|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

## Goalie Breakdown

||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|7|6|3|3|1|1|3.09|0.903|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|6|6|3|3|0|0|3.17|0.896|
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|[BOS](/r/bostonbruins)|Jeremy Swayman|7|7|6|0|1|1|1.69|0.944|
|[BOS](/r/bostonbruins)|Linus Ullmark|7|7|5|1|1|0|2.26|0.926|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=7 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=6 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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