Sabres at Red Wings

SABRES (9-12-1) at RED WINGS (11-6-4)

Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
JJ Peterka -- Dylan Cozens -- Jack Quinn
Vinnie Hinostroza -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Victor Olofsson
Zemgus Girgensons -- Tyson Jost -- Kyle Okposo
Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin
Owen Power -- Henri Jokiharju
Casey Fitzgerald -- Lawrence Pilut
Craig Anderson
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Scratched: Peyton Krebs, Rasmus Asplund
Injured: Jacob Bryson (lower body), Eric Comrie (lower body), Ilya Lyubushkin (lower body)
Red Wings projected lineup
Dominik Kubalik -- Dylan Larkin -- David Perron
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Andrew Copp -- Lucas Raymond
Adam Erne -- Michael Rasmussen -- Oskar Sundqvist
Jonatan Berggren
-- Joe Veleno -- Pius Suter
Olli Maatta -- Filip Hronek
Ben Chiarot -- Moritz Seider
Jordan Oesterle -- Jake Walman
Alex Nedeljkovic
Ville Husso
Scratched: Robert Hagg
Injured: Robby Fabbri (knee), Filip Zadina (leg), Elmer Soderblom (undisclosed), Matt Luff (upper body), Gustav Lindstrom (undisclosed), Mark Pysyk (Achilles)
Status report
Lyubushkin, a defenseman, was injured blocking a shot during the third period of a 6-5 overtime loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday, but tests did not reveal a serious injury. … Nedeljkovic will start for the first time since making 17 saves in a 4-3 loss at the Los Angeles Kings on Nov. 12, though he stopped all 12 shots he faced in relief of Husso in a 4-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday.