Sabres at Ducks

SABRES (26-22-4) at DUCKS (17-31-6)

Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
JJ Peterka -- Dylan Cozens -- Victor Olofsson
Casey Mittelstadt -- Peyton Krebs -- Jack Quinn
Zemgus Girgensons -- Tyson Jost -- Kyle Okposo
Rasmus Dahlin -- Henri Jokiharju
Mattias Samuelsson -- Owen Power
Kale Clague -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Eric Comrie
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Scratched: Rasmus Asplund, Craig Anderson, Jacob Bryson
Injured: None
Ducks projected lineup
Derek Grant -- Trevor Zegras -- Ryan Strome
Adam Henrique -- Mason McTavish - Frank Vatrano
Max Jones -- Isac Lundestrom -- Jakob Silfverberg
Max Comtois -- Jayson Megna -- Sam Carrick
Cam Fowler -- Dmitry Kulikov
Simon Benoit -- John Klingberg
Nathan Beaulieu -- Kevin Shattenkirk
John Gibson
Lukas Dostal
Scratched: Brett Leason, Colton White
Injured: Anthony Stolarz (lower body), Troy Terry (upper body), Jamie Drysdale (shoulder), Justin Kirkland (undisclosed), Urho Vaakanainen (lower body)
Status report
The Sabres did not hold a morning skate Wednesday. ... Jokiharju and Dahlin, who played together most of last season, were reunited on the top defense pair at practice Tuesday. ... Thompson moved from second-line center to the top line. ... Peterka will return and replace Asplund, a forward, after being a healthy scratch for a 5-2 loss at the Los Angeles Kings on Monday. ... Krebs was moved up to the third line. ... Terry, a forward, will miss his fourth straight game. ... Stolarz, a goalie, will be unavailable for a third consecutive game.