Thompson and JJ Peterka had hat tricks against the Bruins on Tuesday night — a good sign for Lindy Ruff's lineup tweaks.

9 p.m. ET; KTVD, MSG-B, ALT Sabres projected lineup Jason Zucker — Tage Thompson — Alex Tuch JJ Peterka — Dylan Cozens ... Ryan McLeod — Sam Lafferty Rasmus Dahlin — Bowen Byram ...

The Sabres did not make changes to their first line, as it once again was made up of Jason Zucker, Dylan Cozens ... dropped to the fourth line with Sam Lafferty and Nicolas Aube-Kubel.

Advertisement Pegula watched as the Sabres took a 2-0 lead on goals from Sam Lafferty and Jack Quinn ... s just a disaster,” Sabres forward Dylan Cozens said. “We give up one and then another ...

Sam Lafferty and Jack Quinn gave them a 2-0 ... including a one-timer from the left circle by Dylan Cozens. The shift ended when Dahlin leveled Tanev with a hit and Ty Kartye retaliated.

Sam Lafferty will be scratched at forward ... none more notable than on the first line. Dylan Cozens elevated to No. 1 center while Thompson shifted to right wing. Alex Tuch, meanwhile, skated ...

McLeod will return to the lineup for the Sabres on Saturday, just in time to make his return to Rogers Place and play his ...

The club is last in the Eastern Conference with an 18-26-5 record and, barring an unprecedented run, the playoff drought that ...

Bowen Byram, Dylan Cozens, Rasmus Dahlin ... bringing in the likes of Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Sam Lafferty, Ryan McLeod and Jason Zucker. The thought process was right for Adams, but were the players ...

Dylan Cozens (47.9%), Jason Zucker (44.4%), and Sam Lafferty (42.9%) offer the kind of faceoff performances we see night in and night out. It’s a smaller problem but one that contributes to the ...