Blackhawks at Sabres

BLACKHAWKS (28-42-11) at SABRES (31-39-11)

Blackhawks projected lineup
Alex DeBrincat -- Dylan Strome -- Patrick Kane
Dominik Kubalik -- Jonathan Toews -- Tyler Johnson
Philipp Kurashev -- Sam Lafferty -- Taylor Raddysh
Henrik Borgstrom -- Reese Johnson -- Boris Katchouk
Alex Vlasic -- Seth Jones
Jake McCabe -- Erik Gustafsson
Riley Stillman -- Caleb Jones
Collin Delia
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: None
Injured: Jujhar Khaira (lower back), Connor Murphy (concussion protocol), Kirby Dach (shoulder), MacKenzie Entwistle (shoulder), Calvin de Haan (groin)
Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Victor Olofsson
Peyton Krebs -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Alex Tuch
Rasmus Asplund -- Dylan Cozens -- John Hayden
Anders Bjork -- Zemgus Girgensons -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin
Owen Power -- Henri Jokiharju
Jacob Bryson -- Mark Pysyk
Dustin Tokarski
Michael Houser
Scratched: Cody Eakin, Will Butcher, Colin Miller
Injured: Craig Anderson (undisclosed), Kyle Okposo (undisclosed), Drake Caggiula (upper body)
Status report
The Blackhawks will use the same forward lines they went with in a 4-3 shootout win against the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday, coach Derek King said. ... Gustafsson will play after being scratched Wednesday. … The Blackhawks assigned defenseman
Alec Regula
to Rockford of the American Hockey League on Thursday. ... The Sabres did not hold a morning skate following a 5-0 loss at the Boston Bruins on Thursday . … Okposo, a forward, could return after missing the game Thursday; if plays, Hayden would be scratched. ... Houser was recalled from Rochester of the AHL and Buffalo assigned goalie
Aaron Dell
and defenseman
Casey Fitzgerald
to Rochester.