Sabres at Blackhawks

SABRES (23-33-10) at BLACKHAWKS (24-32-10)

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
Casey Fitzgerald -- Mark Pysyk
Dustin Tokarski
Craig Anderson
Scratched: Anders Bjork, Will Butcher
Injured: Malcolm Subban (upper body), Drake Caggiula (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: John Hayden, Colin Miller
Blackhawks projected lineup
Alex DeBrincat -- Dylan Strome -- Patrick Kane
Dominik Kubalik -- Jonathan Toews -- Taylor Raddysh
Philipp Kurashev -- Kirby Dach -- Sam Lafferty
Boris Katchouk -- Tyler Johnson -- Reese Johnson
Calvin de Haan -- Caleb Jones
Jake McCabe -- Seth Jones
Riley Stillman -- Erik Gustafsson
Kevin Lankinen
Collin Delia
Scratched: Henrik Borgstrom, Alex Vlasic, MacKenzie Entwistle
Injured: Jujhar Khaira (lower back), Connor Murphy (concussion protocol)
Status report
The Sabres did not hold a morning skate after a 5-4 overtime loss to the New York Rangers on Sunday. … Tyler Johnson returns from concussion protocol. … Dach did not take part in the morning skate because of non-COVID-19 illness. Blackhawks coach Derek King said he expects Dach to play; Borgstrom, a forward, would go into the lineup if Dach does not play.