SABRES (16-14-4) at DEVILS (20-14-1)
7 p.m. ET; MSGSN, MSG-B
Sabres projected lineup
Peyton Krebs -- Tage Thompson -- Josh Doan
Noah Ostlund -- Josh Norris -- Alex Tuch
Zach Benson -- Ryan McLeod -- Jack Quinn
Jordan Greenway -- Josh Dunne -- Beck Malenstyn
Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin
Bowen Byram -- Michael Kesselring
Owen Power -- Jacob Bryson
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Alex Lyon
Scratched: Zach Metsa, Isac Rosen
Injured: Tyson Kozak (upper body), Conor Timmins (broken leg), Jason Zucker (upper and lower body), Colten Ellis (concussion), Jiri Kulich (blood clot), Justin Danforth (lower body)
Devils projected lineup
Arseny Gritsyuk -- Jack Hughes -- Jesper Bratt
Timo Meier -- Nico Hischier -- Dawson Mercer
Ondrej Palat -- Cody Glass -- Connor Brown
Paul Cotter -- Luke Glendening -- Stefan Noesen
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Dougie Hamilton
Luke Hughes -- Brett Pesce
Brenden Dillon -- Colton White
Jake Allen
Jacob Markstrom
Scratched: Dennis Chowlowski, Juho Lammikko, Angus Crookshank
Injured: Zack MacEwen (lower body), Jonathan Kovacevic (knee), Evgenii Dadonov (wrist), Simon Nemec (lower body)
Status report
Jack Hughes will play after missing 18 games with a finger injury. ... Meier will play after missing five games for personal reasons due to a family health matter, and Gritsyuk will return after missing four games with an upper-body injury. … Kovacevic, a defenseman, and MacEwen, a forward, each participated in the Devils’ optional morning skate but remain unavailable. … New Jersey reassigned forward Xavier Parent and defenseman Calen Addison to Utica of the American Hockey League. … The Sabres did not hold a morning skate after a 3-2 shootout win against the New York Islanders on Saturday. ... Rosen, a forward, could play after being recalled from Rochester in the AHL.
