Sabres at Rangers

SABRES (6-10-3) at RANGERS (7-9-3)

Sabres projected lineup
Victor Olofsson -- Jack Eichel -- Sam Reinhart
Taylor Hall -- Eric Staal -- Kyle Okposo
Tobias Rieder -- Cody Eakin -- Dylan Cozens
Jeff Skinner -- Curtis Lazar -- Riley Sheahan
Rasmus Dahlin -- Colin Miller
Jacob Bryson -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Henri Jokiharju -- Brandon Montour
Carter Hutton
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Casey Mittelstadt, Tage Thompson, Matt Irwin
Injured: Linus Ullmark (lower body), Will Borgen (forearm)
Rangers projected lineup
Alexis Lafreniere
-- Mika Zibanejad -- Pavel Buchnevich
Chris Kreider -- Ryan Strome -- Colin Blackwell
Kevin Rooney -- Filip Chytil -- Julien Gauthier
Brendan Lemieux -- Brett Howden -- Phillip Di Giuseppe
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Brendan Smith
Jack Johnson -- Libor Hajek
Igor Shesterkin
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Artemi Panarin, Jonny Brodzinski , 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.