Sabres at Lightning

SABRES (28-23-4) at LIGHTNING (36-17-3)

Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
JJ Peterka -- Dylan Cozens -- Victor Olofsson
Casey Mittelstadt -- Peyton Krebs -- Jack Quinn
Zemgus Girgensons -- Tyson Jost -- Kyle Okposo
Rasmus Dahlin -- Henri Jokiharju
Mattias Samuelsson -- Owen Power
Jacob Bryson -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Eric Comrie
Craig Anderson
Scratched: Rasmus Asplund, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Injured: Kale Clague (lower body)
Lightning projected lineup
Brandon Hagel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Anthony Cirelli -- Steven Stamkos -- Alex Killorn
Ross Colton -- Nick Paul -- Patrick Maroon
Vladislav Namestnikov -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Corey Perry
Victor Hedman -- Zach Bogosian
Mikhail Sergachev -- Erik Cernak
Ian Cole - Nick Perbix
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Scratched: Haydn Fleury, Cal Foote
Injured: None
Status report
Buffalo held a full morning skate Thursday after practice was canceled Wednesday because of weather. ... Comrie will start after Luukkonen started the previous two games ... Clague, a defenseman, took part in the skate but is not expected to play. ... The Lightning held an optional morning skate Thursday.