Sabres at Senators

SABRES (13-21-7) at SENATORS (12-20-3)

Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
Peyton Krebs -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Anders Bjork
Rasmus Asplund -- Dylan Cozens -- Victor Olofsson
Zemgus Girgensons -- Cody Eakin -- John Hayden
Rasmus Dahlin -- Henri Jokiharju
Mattias Samuelsson -- Mark Pysyk
Jacob Bryson -- Robert Hagg
Aaron Dell
Michael Houser
Scratched: Mark Jankowski
Injured: Colin Miller (undisclosed), Drake Caggiula (upper body), Craig Anderson (upper body), Vinnie Hinostroza (undisclosed), Will Butcher (upper body), Kyle Okposo (upper body), Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (lower body), Jack Quinn (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Dustin Tokarski
Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Josh Norris -- Zach Sanford
Alex Formenton --
Tim Stutzle
-- Drake Batherson
Nick Paul -- Dylan Gambrell -- Austin Watson
Tyler Ennis -- Chris Tierney -- Adam Gaudette
Thomas Chabot --
Lassi Thomson
Nick Holden -- Artem Zub
Victor Mete -- Josh Brown
Matt Murray
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: None
Injured: Colin White (shoulder), Shane Pinto (upper body), Connor Brown (broken jaw), Nikita Zaitsev (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Erik Brannstrom
Status report
Girgensons will return after missing five games with a lower-body injury. … Mittelstadt will return after missing 15 games following surgery for an upper-body injury. … Butcher, a defenseman, has resumed practicing but will not play. … Brannstrom, a defenseman, entered COVID-19 protocol Tuesday. ... Thomson was recalled from Belleville of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. … White, a forward who hasn't played all season, resumed skating Tuesday.