Avalanche at Sabres

AVALANCHE (6-1-0) AT SABRES (3-5-0)

1 p.m. ET; ALT2, MSG-B, SN

Avalanche projected lineup

Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Valeri Nichushkin 

Tomas Tatar -- Ryan Johansen -- Mikko Rantanen 

Miles Wood -- Ross Colton -- Jonathan Drouin 

Andrew Cogliano -- Fredrik Olofsson -- Logan O’Connor 

Devon Toews -- Cale Makar 

Bowen Byram -- Samuel Girard 

Josh Manson -- Jack Johnson 

Alexandar Georgiev 

Ivan Prosvetov 

Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid, Corey Schueneman 

Injured: Pavel Francouz (lower body)

Sabres projected lineup

Jordan Greenway -- Tage Thompson -- Zach Benson

Jeff Skinner -- Casey Mittelstadt -- JJ Peterka

Victor Olofsson -- Dylan Cozens -- Alex Tuch

Zemgus Girgensons -- Peyton Krebs -- Kyle Okposo

Rasmus Dahlin -- Mattias Samuelsson 

Owen Power -- Henri Jokiharju

Erik Johnson -- Jacob Bryson

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Devin Cooley

Scratched: Tyson Jost 

Injured: Eric Comrie (lower body), Devon Levi (lower body), Jack Quinn (Achilles)

Suspended: Connor Clifton

Status report

Georgiev is expected to start after being pulled in the third period of a 4-0 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday. … Comrie is expected to be out at least a few weeks. The goalie was injured Friday in the second period of a 5-4 loss to the New Jersey Devils. … Cooley was recalled from Rochester of the American Hockey League on Saturday. … Levi, a goalie, has been skating on his own and could join the team for practice Tuesday. … Bryson will make his season debut.