Sabres at Bruins

SABRES (13-30-7) at BRUINS (28-14-6)

Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Sam Reinhart -- Victor Olofsson
Rasmus Asplund -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Arttu Ruotsalainen
Anders Bjork -- Dylan Cozens -- Drake Caggiula
Tobias Rieder -- Riley Sheahan -- Tage Thompson
Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Rasmus Dahlin -- Henri Jokiharju
Jacob Bryson -- Will Borgen
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Dustin Tokarski
Scratched: Colin Miller, Cody Eakin, Matt Irwin
Injured: Linus Ullmark (lower body), Carter Hutton (lower body)
Bruins projected lineup
Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- David Pastrnak
Taylor Hall -- David Krejci -- Craig Smith
Nick Ritchie -- Sean Kuraly -- Charlie Coyle
Trent Frederic -- Curtis Lazar -- Chris Wagner
Matt Grzelcyk -- Charlie McAvoy
Mike Reilly -- Kevan Miller
Jeremy Lauzon -- Connor Clifton
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Jake DeBrusk, Steven Kampfer , Jakub Zboril, Karson Kuhlman, Anton Blidh, Jarred Tinordi
Injured: Brandon Carlo (upper body), Ondrej Kase (upper body)
Status report
The Sabres held an optional morning skate Thursday. … Eakin, a center, remains in Buffalo after the birth of his child. … Smith didn't skate Thursday because of an issue with his COVID-19 test, but is expected to play, Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said. ... Carlo took part in the morning skate but the defenseman will miss his 16th straight game. He could return next week.