Sabres at Canadiens

SABRES (16-27-8) at CANADIENS (11-33-7)

Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
Peyton Krebs -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Dylan Cozens
Rasmus Asplund -- Brandon Biro -- Mark Jankowski
Anders Bjork -- Cody Eakin -- John Hayden
Rasmus Dahlin -- Henri Jokiharju
Mattias Samuelsson -- Casey Fitzgerald
Jacob Bryson -- Mark Pysyk
Craig Anderson
Dustin Tokarski
Scratched: Robert Hagg
Injured: Kyle Okposo (non-COVID illness), Victor Olofsson (non-COVID illness), Jack Quinn (lower body), Will Butcher (lower body), Vinnie Hinostroza (lower body), Zemgus Girgensons (lower body), Colin Miller (upper body), Malcolm Subban (upper body), Drake Caggiula (upper body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Mike Hoffman -- Laurent Dauphin -- Brendan Gallagher
Rem Pitlick -- Jake Evans -- Paul Byron
Michael Pezzetta -- Ryan Poehling -- Artturi Lehkonen
Brett Kulak -- Jeff Petry
Ben Chiarot -- Alexander Romanov
Kale Clague -- Chris Wideman
Sam Montembeault
Andrew Hammond
Scratched: Cedric Paquette
Injured: Joel Armia (face), Jake Allen (lower body), Christian Dvorak (upper body), Mathieu Perreault (lower body), David Savard (ankle), Jonathan Drouin (wrist), Joel Edmundson (back), Carey Price (knee)
COVID-19 protocol: Corey Schueneman
Status report
Dahlin returns after missing one game because of a lower-body injury. … Okposo, a forward, did not take part in the morning skate and is unlikely to play. ... Olofsson, a forward, did not make the trip. … Biro will make his NHL debut. ... Anderson will make consecutive starts for the first time since Oct. 25-28. … The Canadiens will dress the same lineup they used in a 5-2 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday. … Armia, a forward, skated Wednesday but will miss his third straight game since he was cut in the face by a skate during a 3-2 overtime win against the St. Louis Blues on Thursday.