Sabres at Islanders

SABRES (6-13-3) at ISLANDERS (14-6-4)

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 -- Casey Mittelstadt
Brandon Davidson -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Rasmus Dahlin -- Colin Miller
Jacob Bryson -- Brandon Montour
Jonas Johansson
Carter Hutton
Scratched: Tage Thompson, Matt Irwin, Riley Sheahan
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
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: Ross Johnston, Leo Komarov, Sebastian Aho
Injured: None
Status report
Davidson and Mttelstadt from the taxi squad. Sabres defenseman Henri Jokiharju was assigned to the taxi squad. ... Islanders coach Barry Trotz would not confirm his starting goalie.