Sabres at Islanders

SABRES (10-16-5) at ISLANDERS (8-12-6)

Sabres projected lineup
JJ Peterka -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
Brett Murray -- Peyton Krebs -- Kyle Okposo
Rasmus Asplund -- Arttu Ruotsalainen -- Victor Olofsson
Anders Bjork -- Cody Eakin -- John Hayden
Rasmus Dahlin -- Henri Jokiharju
Mark Pysyk -- Casey Fitzgerald
Will Butcher -- Ethan Prow
Malcolm Subban
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Scratched: None
Injured: Colin Miller (undisclosed), Casey Mittelstadt (upper body), Drake Caggiula (upper body), Robert Hagg (lower body), Craig Anderson (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Dustin Tokarski, Dylan Cozens, Vinnie Hinostroza, Jeff Skinner, Zemgus Girgensons, Mark Jankowski, Jacob Bryson
Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Mathew Barzal -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Kieffer Bellows --
Cole Bardreau
-- Josh Bailey
Michael Dal Colle
--
Austin Czarnik
-- Zach Parise
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Cal Clutterbuck
Adam Pelech -- Scott Mayfield
Zdeno Chara -- Noah Dobson
Robin Salo -- Andy Greene
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: Ross Johnston
Injured: Kyle Palmieri (lower body), Ryan Pulock (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Brock Nelson, Anthony Beauvillier, Oliver Wahlstrom, Sebastian Aho
Status report
The Sabres did not hold a morning skate Thursday following a 4-3 loss to the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday. ... Martin, Clutterbuck and Salo have been cleared from NHL COVID-19 protocol and each is expected to play. ... Parise was removed from COVID-19 protocol and is expected to play. ... Aho, a defenseman, was placed in protocol. ... Bardreau is expected to make his season debut. ... Palmieri was placed on injured reserve retroactive to Dec. 16.