Sabres at Avalanche

SABRES (14-22-7) at AVALANCHE (31-8-3)

Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
Peyton Krebs -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Anders Bjork
Mark Jankowski -- Dylan Cozens -- Kyle Okposo
Cody Eakin -- John Hayden
Jacob Bryson -- Henri Jokiharju
Mattias Samuelsson -- Casey Fitzgerald
Robert Hagg -- Mark Pysyk
Craig Anderson
Dustin Tokarski
Scratched: None
Injured: Will Butcher (lower body), Drake Caggiula (upper body), Zemgus Girgensons (lower body), Vinnie Hinostroza (upper body), Jack Quinn (lower body), Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (lower body), Colin Miller (upper body), Malcolm Subban (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Rasmus Asplund, Rasmus Dahlin, Michael Houser, Victor Olofsson
Suspended: Aaron Dell
Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog -- Mikko Rantanen -- Valeri Nichushkin
Alex Newhook -- Nazem Kadri -- Andre Burakovsky
Tyson Jost -- J.T. Compher -- Logan O'Connor
Dylan Sikura
-- Mikhail Maltsev -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Jack Johnson -- Samuel Girard
Kurtis MacDermid -- Erik Johnson
Darcy Kuemper
Pavel Francouz
Scratched: Bowen Byram
Injured: Darren Helm (lower body), Jacob MacDonald (upper body), Nathan MacKinnon (facial fracture, concussion), Stefan Matteau (lower body), Ryan Murray (upper body)
Status report
The Sabres didn't have a morning skate after their 3-1 win Saturday at the Arizona Coyotes. … Tokarski was activated from NHL COVID-19 protocol Saturday but has been dealing with lingering effects and might not be available. … Anderson is expected to start after he made 27 saves Saturday; he hadn't played since Nov. 2 because of an upper-body injury (missed 33 games). … Murray, a defenseman, wore a regular jersey at the morning skate and could be available Tuesday when the Avalanche play the Coyotes. He will miss his 10th game since sustaining an injury Jan. 14 against Arizona.