Sabres at Islanders

SABRES (0-1-0) at ISLANDERS (0-0-0)

7:30 p.m. ET; MSGSN, MSG-B

Sabres projected lineup

Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch

J.J. Peterka -- Dylan Cozens -- Viktor Olofsson

Jordan Greenway -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Zach Benson

Zemgus Girgensons -- Peyton Krebs -- Kyle Okposo

Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin

Owen Power -- Henri Jokiharju

Ryan Johnson -- Connor Clifton

Dylan Levi

Eric Comrie

Scratched: Tyson Jost, Jacob Bryson

Injured: Matt Savoie (upper body), Jack Quinn (Achilles)

Islanders projected lineup

Mathew Barzal -- Bo Horvat -- Simon Holmstrom

Pierre Engvall -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri

Anders Lee -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Hudson Fasching

Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Cal Clutterbuck

Adam Pelech -- Noah Dobson

Alexander Romanov -- Ryan Pulock

Sebastian Aho -- Scott Mayfield

Ilya Sorokin

Semyon Varlamov

Scratched: Oliver Wahlstrom, Julien Gauthier, Samuel Bolduc

Injured: None

Status report

Levi could start after making 26 saves in a season-opening 5-1 loss to the New York Rangers on Thursday. ... Palmieri, who missed most of training camp with an undisclosed injury, is expected to play. ... Barzal will be the top-line left wing after starting training camp at right wing. ... Sorokin was in the starter's crease during the Islanders morning skate Saturday and is expected to start.