Sabres at Penguins

SABRES (6-21-4) at PENGUINS (20-11-2)

Sabres projected lineup
Taylor Hall -- Dylan Cozens -- Sam Reinhart
Victor Olofsson -- Eric Staal -- Casey Mittelstadt
Jeff Skinner -- Curtis Lazar -- Matt Irwin
Rasmus Asplund -- Cody Eakin -- Riley Sheahan
Jacob Bryson -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Rasmus Dahlin -- Colin Miller
Henri Jokiharju -- Brandon Montour
Dustin Tokarski
Michael Houser
Scratched: None
Injured:Jack Eichel (upper body), Linus Ullmark (lower body), Will Borgen (forearm), Kyle Okposo (upper body), Carter Hutton (lower body), Tobias Rieder (upper body), Tage Thompson (illness)
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
Casey DeSmith
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Juuso Riikola, Chad Ruhwedel, Radim Zohorna
Injured:Evgeni Malkin (lower body), Teddy Blueger (upper body), Jason Zucker (lower body), Mark Friedman (upper body), Brandon Tanev (upper body)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate Thursday. … Asplund left in the first period of the Sabres' 5-2 loss to the Penguins on Wednesday with an undisclosed injury. His status is uncertain. … Ullmark could start for Buffalo; the goalie has not played since Feb. 25. ... Kapanen is being evaluated for a lower-body injury sustained in the second period Wednesday. No update was provided.