Sabres at Islanders

SABRES (6-12-3) at ISLANDERS (13-6-4)

Sabres projected lineup
Taylor Hall -- Jack Eichel -- Dylan Cozens
Victor Olofsson -- Eric Staal -- Sam Reinhart
Tobias Rieder -- Cody Eakin -- Kyle Okposo
Jeff Skinner -- Curtis Lazar -- Riley Sheahan
Rasmus Dahlin -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Henri Jokiharju -- Colin Miller
Jacob Bryson -- Brandon Montour
Carter Hutton
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Casey Mittelstadt, Tage Thompson, Matt Irwin
Injured: Linus Ullmark (lower body), Will Borgen (forearm)
Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Mathew Barzal -- Jordan Eberle
Anthony Beauvillier -- Brock Nelson -- Josh Bailey
Michael Dal Colle -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Oliver Wahlstrom
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Cal Clutterbuck
Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock
Nick Leddy -- Scott Mayfield
Andy Greene -- Noah Dobson
Semyon Varlamov
Ilya Sorokin
Scratched: Ross Johnston, Leo Komarov, Sebastian Aho
Injured: None
Status report
Sabres coach Ralph Krueger shuffled his forward lines at practice Friday after they were outshot 45-18 in a 5-2 loss in the first of this three-game set Thursday. … The Islanders held an optional skate Friday.