Sabres at Rangers

SABRES (7-7-2) at RANGERS (10-4-3)

Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Rasmus Asplund
Drake Caggiula -- Dylan Cozens -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Zemgus Girgensons -- Cody Eakin -- Kyle Okposo
Anders Bjork -- Arttu Ruotsalainen -- John Hayden
Rasmus Dahlin -- Mark Pysyk
Jacob Bryson -- Colin Miller
Will Butcher -- Robert Hagg
Dustin Tokarski
Aaron Dell
Scratched: Christian Wolanin
Injured: Craig Anderson (upper body), Victor Olofsson (undisclosed), Alex Tuch (shoulder), Casey Mittelstadt (upper body), Henri Jokiharju (lower body)
Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Barclay Goodrow
Artemi Panarin -- Ryan Strome -- Kaapo Kakko
Alexis Lafreniere
-- Filip Chytil -- Julien Gauthier
Dryden Hunt -- Kevin Rooney -- Ryan Reaves
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Patrik Nemeth --
Jarred Tinordi
Alexandar Georgiev
Igor Shesterkin
Scratched: Libor Hajek, Nils Lundkvist, Greg McKegg
Injured: None
Status report
Hagg returned to practice Saturday after missing Friday for a maintenance day. … Olofsson took part in the morning skate wearing a non-contact jersey. It was the forward's first practice since being injured Oct. 31 and coach Don Granato said it's possile he could play. ... Jokiharju, who hasn't played since Oct. 14, could play Sunday or against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday. ... Zibanejad did not practice Saturday after the center was placed in NHL COVID-19 protocol. However it was ruled to be a false positive and he will play. ... Hajek completed a conditioning assignment with Hartford of the American Hockey League but the defenseman will not play. ... Rangers coach Gerard Gallant said Tinordi would play for the first time since Nov. 6 but did not specify which defenseman would come out.