Hurricanes at Sabres

HURRICANES (50-19-9) at SABRES (38-32-7)

Hurricanes projected lineup
Teuvo Teravainen -- Sebastian Aho -- Martin Necas
Stefan Noesen -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Jordan Martinook -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast
Jack Drury -- Derek Stepan -- Seth Jarvis
Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Jalen Chatfield
Frederik Andersen
Antti Raanta
Scratched: Calvin de Haan, Dylan Coghlan, Paul Stastny
Injured: Max Pacioretty (Achilles), Andrei Svechnikov (knee surgery), Ondrej Kase (concussion)
Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Alex Tuch
Jordan Greenway -- Dylan Cozens -- Tage Thompson
JJ Peterka -- Tyson Jost -- Jack Quinn
Zemgus Girgensons -- Peyton Krebs -- Kyle Okposo
Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin
Owen Power -- Henri Jokiharju
Riley Stillman -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Devon Levi, Victor Olofsson, Vinnie Hinostroza, Jacob Bryson, Kale Clague
Injured: Craig Anderson (upper body)
Status report
The Hurricanes did not practice Friday following a 3-0 loss at the Nashville Predators on Thursday. … Thompson, Tuch, Greenway, Girgensons, Okposo, Dahlin and Samuelsson each had a maintenance day Friday and did not practice but each is expected to play. ... Levi also had a maintenance day after the goalie made 26 saves in a 7-6 shootout win at the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday.