SABRES (35-37-7) at LIGHTNING (45-26-8)
6 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, MSG-B, SNE
Sabres projected lineup
Zach Benson -- Jiri Kulich -- Tage Thompson
JJ Peterka -- Ryan McLeod -- Jack Quinn
Jason Zucker -- Peyton Krebs -- Alex Tuch
Beck Malenstyn -- Noah Ostlund -- Sam Lafferty
Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin
Bowen Byram -- Connor Clifton
Jacob Bryson -- Jacob Bernard-Docker
James Reimer
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Scratched: None
Injured: Owen Power (lower body), Tyson Kozak (hip strain), Jordan Greenway (lower body), Josh Norris (middle body)
Lightning projected lineup
Yanni Gourde -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Jake Guentzel
Gage Goncalves -- Nick Paul -- Conor Geekie
Zemgus Girgensons -- Mitchell Chaffee
Victor Hedman -- JJ Moser
Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg -- Nick Perbix
Darren Raddysh
Jonas Johansson
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched: None
Injured: Oliver Bjorkstrand (lower body), Luke Glendening (upper body)
Status report
Bjorkstrand, a forward, is week to week after he was injured in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Friday. The Lightning recalled Geekie from Syracuse of the American Hockey League and assigned forward Cam Atkinson to Syracuse. ... Power, a defenseman, is not expected to play after he was injured in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Florida Panthers on Saturday.
