Avalanche at Sabres

AVALANCHE (12-7-1) at SABRES (10-12-1)

Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Andrew Cogliano -- J.T. Compher -- Logan O'Connor
Alex Galchenyuk -- Alex Newhook --
Jean-Luc Foudy
Anton Blidh -- Jayson Megna -- Dryden Hunt
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Jacob MacDonald
-- Josh Manson
Samuel Girard -- Erik Johnson
Alexandar Georgiev
Pavel Francouz
Scratched: None
Injured: Martin Kaut (illness), Gabriel Landeskog (knee surgery), Darren Helm (lower body), Valeri Nichushkin (ankle surgery), Bowen Byram (lower body), Shane Bowers (upper body), Kurtis MacDermid (lower body), Evan Rodrigues (lower body)
Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
JJ Peterka -- Dylan Cozens -- Jack Quinn
Victor Olofsson -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Zemgus Girgensons -- Tyson Jost -- Kyle Okposo
Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin
Owen Power -- Henri Jokiharju
Lawrence Pilut -- Casey Fitzgerald
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Craig Anderson
Scratched: Rasmus Asplund, Peyton Krebs
Injured: Ilya Lyubushkin (lower body), Jacob Bryson (lower body), Eric Comrie (lower body)
Status report
Georgiev will start for the 10th time in 13 games. ... The Sabres did not hold a morning skate following a 5-4 shootout win at the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday. ... Luukkonen could start after Anderson made 41 saves Wednesday. ... Bryson skated on his own Thursday; the defenseman has missed three games and is day to day.