Sabres at Hurricanes

SABRES (26-34-11) at HURRICANES (45-17-8)

Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
Peyton Krebs -- Dylan Cozens -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Rasmus Asplund -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Victor Olofsson
Zemgus Girgensons -- Cody Eakin -- Kyle Okposo
Rasmus Dahlin -- Henri Jokiharju
Mattias Samuelsson -- Jacob Bryson
Mark Pysyk -- Casey Fitzgerald
Craig Anderson
Dustin Tokarski
Scratched: Will Butcher, Colin Miller, Anders Bjork, John Hayden
Injured: Drake Caggiula (upper body)
Hurricanes projected lineup
Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis
Teuvo Teravainen -- Vincent Trocheck -- Max Domi
Nino Niederreiter -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast
Martin Necas -- Derek Stepan -- Jordan Martinook
Jaccob Slavin -- Tony DeAngelo
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Brendan Smith -- Ian Cole
Antti Raanta
Frederik Andersen
Scratched: Steven Lorentz, Ethan Bear
Injured: Jesperi Kotkaniemi (lower body)
Status report
The Sabres held an optional morning skate Thursday. ... Miller, a defenseman who has missed six games in COVID-19 protocol, could return at the Florida Panthers on Friday, Sabres coach Don Granato said. ... Kotkaniemi participated in the morning skate but the forward will miss the next three games, Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said. ... Bear is available after the defenseman missed five games because of a lower-body injury.