Sabres at Penguins

SABRES (6-20-4) at PENGUINS (19-11-2)

Sabres projected lineup
Taylor Hall -- Dylan Cozens -- Sam Reinhart
Victor Olofsson -- Eric Staal -- Tage Thompson
Jeff Skinner -- Curtis Lazar -- Casey Mittelstadt
Rasmus Asplund -- Cody Eakin -- Riley Sheahan
Jacob Bryson -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Rasmus Dahlin -- Colin Miller
Henri Jokiharju -- Brandon Montour
Dustin Tokarski
Michael Houser
Scratched: Matt Irwin
Injured: Jack Eichel (upper body), Linus Ullmark (lower body), Will Borgen (forearm), Kyle Okposo (upper body), Carter Hutton (lower body), Tobias Rieder (upper body)
Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Zach Aston-Reese -- Jared McCann -- Kasperi Kapanen
Evan Rodrigues -- Mark Jankowski -- Sam Lafferty
Colton Sceviour -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Anthony Angello
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Mike Matheson -- Cody Ceci
Marcus Pettersson -- John Marino
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Juuso Riikola, Chad Ruhwedel
Injured: Evgeni Malkin (lower body), Teddy Blueger (upper body), Jason Zucker (lower body), Mark Friedman (upper body), Brandon Tanev (upper body)
Status report
Hutton will not play after the goalie was injured at 2:53 of the first period in a 5-3 loss to the New York Rangers on Monday. ... Tokarski is expected to make his first NHL start since Dec. 21, 2015, when he made 11 saves on 14 shots for the Montreal Canadiens in a 5-1 loss to the Nashville Predators. … Miller (upper body) could play. ... Rieder, a forward, is day do day. ... Tanev, a forward, is day to day.