Sabres at Senators

SABRES (11-20-7) at SENATORS (11-18-2)

Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
Rasmus Asplund -- Dylan Cozens -- Victor Olofsson
Brett Murray
-- Peyton Krebs -- Kyle Okposo
Anders Bjork -- Cody Eakin -- John Hayden
Rasmus Dahlin -- Henri Jokiharju
Mattias Samuelsson -- Mark Pysyk
Robert Hagg -- Will Butcher
Michael Houser
Aaron Dell
Scratched: Mark Jankowski
Injured: Colin Miller (undisclosed), Jacob Bryson (upper body), Casey Mittelstadt (upper body), Drake Caggiula (upper body), Craig Anderson (upper body), Zemgus Girgensons (lower body), Vinnie Hinostroza (undisclosed)
COVID-19 protocol: Dustin Tokarski
Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Josh Norris -- Tyler Ennis
Nick Paul --
Tim Stutzle
-- Drake Batherson
Zach Sanford -- Dylan Gambrell -- Austin Watson
Alex Formenton -- Chris Tierney -- Adam Gaudette
Thomas Chabot -- Jacob Bernard-Docker
Erik Brannstrom -- Artem Zub
Nick Holden -- Josh Brown
Matt Murray
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Dillon Heatherington, Victor Mete
Injured: Colin White (shoulder), Shane Pinto (upper body), Connor Brown (broken jaw), Nikita Zaitsev (lower body)
Status report
Hinostroza, a center, did not travel with the Sabres after being injured in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Monday. Buffalo coach Don Granato said he would have "definitive information" on Hinostroza, Miller, a defenseman, and Girgensons, a forward, later this week. … Houser will start and make his season debut. ... Brown, a forward, will be out at least three weeks, Senators coach D.J. Smith said. ... Zaitsev, a defenseman, hasn't resumed skating but could return by the end of the month.