SABRES (12-14-3) at AVALANCHE (17-9-2)
10 p.m. ET; MAX, TNT, ALT, SN
Sabres projected lineup
Zach Benson -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
Jeff Skinner -- Casey Mittelstadt -- JJ Peterka
Tyson Jost -- Dylan Cozens -- Victor Olofsson
Eric Robinson -- Peyton Krebs -- Kyle Okposo
Rasmus Dahlin -- Henri Jokiharju
Owen Power -- Mattias Samuelsson
Erik Johnson -- Connor Clifton
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Devon Levi
Scratched: Jacob Bryson, Eric Comrie, Brett Murray, Ryan Johnson
Injured: Jordan Greenway (upper body), Zemgus Girgensons (lower body), Jack Quinn (Achilles)
Avalanche projected lineup
Valeri Nichushkin -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Jonathan Drouin -- Ryan Johansen -- Tomas Tatar
Miles Wood -- Ross Colton -- Logan O'Connor
Andrew Cogliano -- Fredrik Olofsson -- Ben Meyers
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Bowen Byram -- Josh Manson
Jack Johnson -- Sam Malinksi
Ivan Prosvetov
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Caleb Jones, Kurtis MacDermid, Joel Kiviranta
Injured: Artturi Lehkonen (upper body)
Status report
Tuch will play after missing four games because of an undisclosed injury. ... Samuelsson will play after missing a 5-2 win against the Arizona Coyotes on Monday because of an undisclosed injury. … Manson missed the morning skate because of an undisclosed injury but Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said he was hopeful the defenseman would be able to play.
