Sabres at Oilers

SABRES (20-32-8) at OILERS (33-23-4)

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 -- Mark Pysyk
Robert Hagg -- Colin Miller
Craig Anderson
Dustin Tokarski
Scratched: Anders Bjork, John Hayden, Jacob Bryson
Injured: Will Butcher (lower body), Drake Caggiula (upper body), Casey Fitzgerald (lower body)
Oilers projected lineup
Evander Kane -- Connor McDavid -- Kailer Yamamoto
Zach Hyman -- Leon Draisaitl -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Warren Foegele -- Devin Shore -- Derek Ryan
Josh Archibald -- Ryan McLeod -- Zack Kassian
Darnell Nurse -- Cody Ceci
Duncan Keith -- Evan Bouchard
Kris Russell -- Tyson Barrie
Mike Smith
Mikko Koskinen
Scratched: William Lagesson, Brad Malone
Injured: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (upper body), Kyle Turris (upper body)
Status report
Girgensons will return after missing 18 games with an undisclosed injury … Miller will play after missing 23 games with an upper-body injury … The Sabres assigned forward Mark Jankowski to Rochester of the American Hockey League on Wednesday … Russell will play after missing 19 games with an upper-body injury … Puljujarvi returns after missing 12 games with a lower-body injury … The Oilers loaned defenseman Philip Broberg to Bakersfield of the AHL and placed forward Tyler Benson on waivers to make room for Russell and Puljujarvi on the roster.