#### **SABRES (6-10-3) at RANGERS (7-9-3)****Sabres projected lineup**Victor Olofsson -- Jack Eichel -- Sam ReinhartTaylor Hall -- Eric Staal -- Kyle OkposoTobias Rieder -- Cody Eakin -- Dylan CozensJeff Skinner -- Curtis Lazar -- Riley SheahanRasmus Dahlin -- Colin MillerJacob Bryson -- Rasmus RistolainenHenri Jokiharju -- Brandon MontourCarter HuttonJonas Johansson***Scratched:** Casey Mittelstadt, Tage Thompson, Matt Irwin****Injured:** Linus Ullmark (lower body), Will Borgen (forearm)***Rangers projected lineup**[Alexis Lafreniere](https://www.nhl.com/player/alexis-lafreniere-8482109)-- Mika Zibanejad -- Pavel BuchnevichChris Kreider -- Ryan Strome -- Colin BlackwellKevin Rooney -- Filip Chytil -- Julien GauthierBrendan Lemieux -- Brett Howden -- Phillip Di GiuseppeRyan Lindgren -- Adam FoxK'Andre Miller -- Brendan SmithJack Johnson -- Libor HajekIgor ShesterkinAlexandar Georgiev***Scratched:** Artemi Panarin, [Jonny Brodzinski](https://www.nhl.com/player/jonny-brodzinski-8477380)* *, Kaapo Kakko****Injured:** Anthony Bitetto (lower body), Jacob Trouba (broken thumb)***Status report**Cozens, Miller and Bryson each is expected to play after not being in the lineup in a 3-0 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday. … Chytil will return after missing 14 games with an upper-body injury. He hasn't played since Jan. 24. … Kakko will be removed from the COVID-19 protocol list Tuesday but the forward will not play, Rangers coach David Quinn said. Kakko missed four games in protocol.