Sabres at Kings

SABRES (5-1-1) at KINGS (2-5-1)

Sabres projected lineup
Rasmus Asplund -- Tage Thompson -- Victor Olofsson
Anders Bjork -- Dylan Cozens -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Jeff Skinner -- Zemgus Girgensons -- Kyle Okposo
Brett Murray -- Arttu Ruotsalainen -- Drake Caggiula
Rasmus Dahlin -- Will Butcher
Jacob Bryson -- Colin Miller
Robert Hagg -- Mark Pysyk
Dustin Tokarski
Craig Anderson
Scratched: Christian Wolanin, John Hayden
Injured: Cody Eakin (upper body), Casey Mittelstadt (upper body), Henri Jokiharju (lower body)
Kings projected lineup
Viktor Arvidsson -- Anze Kopitar -- Dustin Brown
Alex Iafallo -- Phillip Danault -- Adrian Kempe
Trevor Moore -- Rasmus Kupari -- Arthur Kaliyev
Brendan Lemieux -- Blake Lizotte -- Lias Andersson
Tobias Bjornfot -- Mikey Anderson
Olli Maatta -- Matt Roy
Alexander Edler --
Kale Clague
Jonathan Quick
Cal Petersen
Scratched: Gabriel Vilardi, Austin Strand, Carl Grundstrom
Injured: Drew Doughty (knee contusion), Quinton Byfield (fractured ankle), Andreas Athanasiou (upper body)
Status report
Eakin could return against the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday; the forward has not played since Oct. 19. … Murray is expected to make his season debut. … Quick is expected to start after Petersen started in a 5-2 win against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.