Sabres at Blues

SABRES (16-28-8) at BLUES (30-14-6)

Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
Rasmus Asplund -- Dylan Cozens -- Kyle Okposo
Peyton Krebs -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Victor Olofsson
Anders Bjork -- Cody Eakin -- John Hayden
Rasmus Dahlin -- Casey Fitzgerald
Mattias Samuelsson -- Jacob Bryson
Robert Hagg -- Mark Pysyk
Dustin Tokarski
Craig Anderson
Scratched: Mark Jankowski
Injured: Henri Jokiharju (lower body), Jack Quinn (lower body), Will Butcher (lower body), Vinnie Hinostroza (lower body), Zemgus Girgensons (lower body), Colin Miller (upper body), Malcolm Subban (upper body), Drake Caggiula (upper body)
Blues projected lineup
Brandon Saad -- Ryan O'Reilly -- David Perron
Pavel Buchnevich -- Robert Thomas -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Ivan Barbashev -- Brayden Schenn -- Jordan Kyrou
Klim Kostin -- Tyler Bozak -- Oskar Sundqvist
Niko Mikkola -- Colton Parayko
Torey Krug -- Justin Faulk
Jake Walman -- Robert Bortuzzo
Ville Husso
Jordan Binnington
Scratched: Logan Brown, Dakota Joshua
Injured: Marco Scandella (lower body)
Status report
Okposo and Olafsson will return after each missed a 4-0 loss at the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday because of a non-COVID illness. ... Jokiharju, a defenseman, will not play after leaving against the Canadiens. ... The Sabres assigned forward Brandon Biro to Rochester of the American Hockey League on Friday. ... Schenn will play after missing practice Thursday to be with his wife for the birth of their son. ... Saad will play after missing practice Thursday due to a non-COVID illness.