Sabres at Penguins

SABRES (10-15-4) at PENGUINS (15-8-5)

Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Victor Olofsson
Brett Murray -- Dylan Cozens -- Kyle Okposo
Rasmus Asplund -- Cody Eakin -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Zemgus Girgensons -- Mark Jankowski -- John Hayden
Rasmus Dahlin -- Henri Jokiharju
Jacob Bryson -- Colin Miller
Will Butcher -- Mark Pysyk
Malcolm Subban
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Scratched:Casey Fitzgerald
Injured:Casey Mittelstadt (upper body), Drake Caggiula (upper body), Craig Anderson (upper body), Alex Tuch (shoulder), Robert Hagg (lower body), Anders Bjork (illness)
COVID-19 protocol:Dustin Tokarski
Penguins projected lineup
Evan Rodrigues -- Sidney Crosby -- Kasperi Kapanen
Jason Zucker -- Jeff Carter -- Danton Heinen
Zach Aston-Reese -- Teddy Blueger -- Brock McGinn
Dominik Simon -- Sam Lafferty -- Drew O'Connor
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson -- John Marino
Mike Matheson -- Chad Ruhwedel
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched:Mark Friedman
Injured:Evgeni Malkin (lower body), Bryan Rust (lower body), Jake Guentzel (upper body), Brian Boyle (lower body)
Status report
The Sabres did not hold a morning skate after defeating the Minnesota Wild 3-2 in a shootout on Thursday. … Boyle will not play after the forward missed practice with a lower-body injury Thursday. He is day to day.