Sabres at Lightning

SABRES (7-4-0) at LIGHTNING (6-4-1)

Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Kyle Okposo
JJ Peterka -- Dylan Cozens -- Alex Tuch
Jack Quinn -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Victor Olofsson
Zemgus Girgensons -- Peyton Krebs -- Rasmus Asplund
Jacob Bryson -- Rasmus Dahlin
Kale Clague -- Owen Power
Lawrence Pilut -- Casey Fitzgerald
Eric Comrie
Craig Anderson
Scratched: Vinnie Hinostroza, Jeremy Davies
Injured: Ilya Lyubushkin (lower body), Mattias Samuelsson (lower body), Henri Jokiharju (upper body)
Lightning projected lineup
Brandon Hagel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn -- Nick Paul -- Steven Stamkos
Ross Colton -- Vladislav Namestnikov -- Cole Koepke
Corey Perry -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Patrick Maroon
Ian Cole -- Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev -- Nick Perbix
Haydn Fleury -- Cal Foote
Brian Elliott
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched: Philippe Myers, Trevor Carrick
Injured: Victor Hedman (upper body), Anthony Cirelli (shoulder), Zach Bogosian (shoulder)
Status report
The Sabres did not hold a morning skate Saturday following a 5-3 loss at the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday. ... Comrie could start after Anderson made 28 saves Friday. ... Lyubushkin, a defenseman, worked out this morning on the ice and will be re-evaluated. ... Hedman, a defenseman, is questionable after practicing Friday. ... Paul, who missed the third period of a 4-3 shootout loss to the Hurricanes with a lower-body injury on Thursday, is questionable. ... Elliott will make his first start since making 19 saves in a 4-2 win at the Anaheim Ducks on Oct. 26.