Sabres at Rangers

SABRES (23-33-9) at RANGERS (41-19-5)

Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
Peyton Krebs -- Dylan Cozens -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Rasmus Asplund -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Victor Olofsson
Zemgus Girgensons -- Cody Eakin -- Kyle Okposo
Rasmus Dahlin -- Henri Jokiharju
Mattias Samuelsson -- Jacob Bryson
Colin Miller -- Mark Pysyk
Craig Anderson
Dustin Tokarski
Scratched: Anders Bjork, Will Butcher
Injured:Casey Fitzgerald (upper body), Malcolm Subban (upper body), Drake Caggiula (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: John Hayden
Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Frank Vatrano
Artemi Panarin -- Ryan Strome -- Andrew Copp
Alexis Lafreniere
-- Filip Chytil -- Barclay Goodrow
Tyler Motte -- Jonny Brodzinski -- Dryden Hunt
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Patrik Nemeth -- Justin Braun
Alexandar Georgiev
Igor Shesterkin
Scratched: Libor Hajek, Julien Gauthier, Ryan Reaves, Braden Schneider, Greg McKegg
Injured: Kaapo Kakko (upper body), Kevin Rooney (upper body)
Status report
Eakin and Miller did not practice Saturday; each is expected to play, Sabres coach Don Granato said. ... Strome took a maintenance day and did not practice Saturday but is expected to play.