Sabres at Penguins

SABRES (6-6-2) at PENGUINS (5-5-4)

Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Rasmus Asplund
Drake Caggiula -- Dylan Cozens -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Zemgus Girgensons -- Cody Eakin -- Kyle Okposo
Anders Bjork -- Arttu Ruotsalainen -- John Hayden
Rasmus Dahlin -- Mark Pysyk
Jacob Bryson -- Colin Miller
Will Butcher -- Robert Hagg
Dustin Tokarski
Aaron Dell
Scratched: Christian Wolanin, Brett Murray
Injured: Craig Anderson (upper body), Victor Olofsson (undisclosed), Alex Tuch (shoulder), Casey Mittelstadt (upper body), Henri Jokiharju (lower body)
Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Jason Zucker -- Jeff Carter -- Kasperi Kapanen
Danton Heinen -- Evan Rodrigues -- Dominik Simon
Zach Aston-Reese -- Teddy Blueger -- Brock McGinn
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson -- John Marino
Mike Matheson -- Chad Ruhwedel
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Sam Lafferty, Mark Friedman, Brian Boyle
Injured: Evgeni Malkin (knee)
Status report
Cozens left practice early Monday, but is expected to play. … Girgensons should play after being absent from the morning skate. … Simon will return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch the past five games. … Boyle will be scratched with Rodrigues, who was right wing on the third line in a 6-1 loss to the Washington Capitals on Sunday, replacing him at center.