Sabres at Devils

SABRES (29-38-11) at DEVILS (27-42-7)

Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Victor Olofsson
Peyton Krebs -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Alex Tuch
Rasmus Asplund -- Dylan Cozens -- Kyle Okposo
Anders Bjork -- Zemgus Girgensons -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin
Owen Power -- Henri Jokiharju
Jacob Bryson -- Casey Fitzgerald
Craig Anderson
Dustin Tokarski
Scratched: Cody Eakin, Will Butcher, Mark Pysyk, Colin Miller, John Hayden
Injured: Drake Caggiula (upper body)
Devils projected lineup
Tomas Tatar -- Nico Hischier -- Fabian Zetterlund
Pavel Zacha -- Dawson Mercer -- Jesper Bratt
Yegor Sharangovich -- Jesper Boqvist -- Janne Kuokkanen
Andreas Johnsson -- Michael McLeod -- Nathan Bastian
Damon Severson -- Colton White
Dougie Hamilton -- Kevin Bahl
P.K. Subban -- Ty Smith
Andrew Hammond
Jon Gillies
Scratched: Nikita Okhotiuk
Injured: Ryan Graves (upper body), Mackenzie Blackwood (lower body), Jimmy Vesey (lower body), Jonas Siegenthaler (upper body), Miles Wood (lower body), Jack Hughes (lower body), Jonathan Bernier (lower body)
Status report
Each team held an optional morning skate Thursday. ... Samuelsson will play after missing practice Tuesday and Wednesday because of a family matter. ... Bratt skated and should play after missing practice Wednesday with a non-COVID illness, Devils coach Lindy Ruff said. ... Blackwood, a goalie, skated and could return before the end of the season. ... Okhotiuk, a defenseman, was recalled from Utica of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. ... New Jersey reassigned goalie Nico Daws and forward A.J. Greer to Utica on Wednesday. … Samuelsson will play after missing practice Tuesday and Wednesday due to a family matter.