Sabres at Hurricanes

SABRES (8-12-3) at HURRICANES (15-6-1)

Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Victor Olofsson
Brett Murray -- Dylan Cozens -- Kyle Okposo
Zemgus Girgensons -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Rasmus Asplund
Anders Bjork -- Cody Eakin -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Rasmus Dahlin -- Mark Pysyk
Jacob Bryson -- Henri Jokiharju
Robert Hagg -- Colin Miller
Malcolm Subban
Aaron Dell
Scratched:Mark Jankowski, John Hayden, Will Butcher
Injured:Drake Caggiula (upper body), Craig Anderson (upper body), Alex Tuch (shoulder)
COVID-19 protocol: Dustin Tokarski
Hurricanes projected lineup
Nino Niederreiter -- Sebastian Aho -- Teuvo Teravainen
Martin Necas -- Vincent Trocheck -- Seth Jarvis
Steven Lorentz -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast
Andrei Svechnikov -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Derek Stepan
Jaccob Slavin -- Ethan Bear
Brady Skjei -- Ian Cole
Max Lajoie -- Brendan Smith
Frederik Andersen
Antti Raanta
Scratched:Jalen Chatfield
Injured:Jordan Martinook (ankle)
COVID-19 protocol:Tony DeAngelo, Brett Pesce
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate. … Subban, who was acquired in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday, could make his first start for the Sabres and first NHL appearance this season. ... Bear, who missed six games in NHL COVID-19 protocol, will take warmups and could play. … Stepan returns to the lineup after five games as a healthy scratch.