Sabres at Panthers

SABRES (26-35-11) at PANTHERS (49-15-6)

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
Mark Pysyk -- Casey Fitzgerald
Dustin Tokarski
Craig Anderson
Scratched: Will Butcher, Anders Bjork, John Hayden
Injured: Drake Caggiula (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Colin Miller
Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Anthony Duclair
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Sam Bennett -- Claude Giroux
Mason Marchment -- Anton Lundell -- Sam Reinhart
Ryan Lomberg -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Patric Hornqvist
Gustav Forsling -- MacKenzie Weegar
Ben Chiarot -- Radko Gudas
Robert Hagg -- Brandon Montour
Sergei Bobrovsky
Spencer Knight
Scratched: Petteri Lindbohm, Lucas Carlsson, Maxim Mamin, Joe Thornton
Injured: Markus Nutivaara (undisclosed), Aaron Ekblad (lower body), Jonas Johansson (undisclosed), Noel Acciari (undisclosed)
Status report
Neither team had a morning skate Friday. ... Tokarski could start after Anderson allowed four goals on 31 shots in a 5-3 loss at the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday. ... … Miller, a defenseman, has missed the past seven games in COVID-19 protocol. ... Acciari, a center, did not practice Thursday and is expected to miss a fifth consecutive game.