Sabres at Bruins

SABRES (6-22-4) at BRUINS (16-8-5)

Sabres projected lineup
Casey Mittelstadt -- Curtis Lazar -- Jeff Skinner
Victor Olofsson -- Riley Sheahan -- Dylan Cozens
Taylor Hall -- Jean-Sebastien Dea -- Sam Reinhart
Steven Fogarty -- Cody Eakin -- Kyle Okposo
Jacob Bryson -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Rasmus Dahlin -- Henri Jokiharju
Brandon Montour -- Colin Miller
Linus Ullmark
Dustin Tokarski
Scratched:Brett Murray
Injured:Jack Eichel (upper body), Will Borgen (forearm), Carter Hutton (lower body), Tobias Rieder (upper body), Tage Thompson (illness)
Bruins projected lineup
Trent Frederic -- Patrice Bergeron -- David Pastrnak
Nick Ritchie -- David Krejci -- Craig Smith
Anders Bjork -- Charlie Coyle -- Zach Senyshyn
Jack Studnicka
-- Greg McKegg -- Chris Wagner
Matt Grzelcyk -- Charlie McAvoy
Jakub Zboril -- Connor Clifton
Jarred Tinordi --
Steven Kampfer
Dan Vladar
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Jack Ahcan
Injured:Jeremy Lauzon (fractured hand), Brandon Carlo (upper body), Karson Kuhlman (hand), Kevan Miller (lower body), Ondrej Kase (upper body), Tuukka Rask (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Jake DeBrusk, Sean Kuraly, Brad Marchand
Status report
The Sabres traded center Eric Staal to the Montreal Canadiens for a third-round and a fifth-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft on Friday. ... Ullmark will start for the first time since Feb. 25 after missing 15 games with a lower-body injury. ... Okposo, a forward, will return after missing three games with an upper-body injury. ... Dea, a center, was recalled from the taxi squad. ... Rask, a goalie, will be unavailable against the Sabres on Saturday and against the New Jersey Devils on Sunday. ... Marchand will not play after the forward entered COVID-19 protocol Saturday.