SABRES (7-8-1) at JETS (8-5-2)
8 p.m. ET; TSN3, MSG-B, NHLN
Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Dylan Cozens -- Alex Tuch
JJ Peterka -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Zach Benson
Zemgus Girgensons -- Peyton Krebs -- Kyle Okposo
Jordan Greenway -- Tyson Jost -- Victor Olofsson
Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin
Owen Power -- Ryan Johnson
Connor Clifton -- Erik Johnson
Eric Comrie
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Scratched: Jacob Bryson, Devon Levi, Lukas Rousek
Injured: Tage Thompson (wrist), Jack Quinn (Achilles), Henri Jokiharju (illness)
Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Alex Iafallo
Cole Perfetti -- Vladislav Namestnikov -- Nikolaj Ehlers
Nino Niederreiter -- Adam Lowry -- Mason Appleton
Morgan Barron -- David Gustafsson -- Axel Jonsson-Fjallby
Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo
Brenden Dillon -- Neal Pionk
Dylan Samberg -- Logan Stanley
Connor Hellebuyck
Laurent Brossoit
Scratched: Declan Chisholm, Dominic Toninato, Nate Schmidt
Injured: Ville Heinola (ankle), Gabriel Vilardi (knee), Rasmus Kupari (shoulder)
Status report
Tuch returns after missing three games with an upper-body injury. … Benson returns after missing seven games with a lower body injury. … Comrie was activated from injured reserve and will start after missing eight games with a groin injury. … Thompson, a forward, was placed on injured reserve and is expected to miss one month. … Krebs joined the team in Winnipeg after dealing with a family matter and will play. Rousek, a forward, comes out. … Kupari, a forward, suffered a shoulder injury in a 6-3 win against the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday. He was placed on injured reserve and Jonsson-Fjallby was recalled from Manitoba of the American Hockey League on emergency conditions.
