#### **BLUE JACKETS (19-35-6) at SABRES (31-23-4)****Blue Jackets projected lineup**Johnny Gaudreau -- Boone Jenner -- Kirill MarchenkoKent Johnson -- Jack Roslovic -- Patrik LaineEric Robinson -- Sean Kuraly -- Mathieu OlivierLiam Foudy -- Cole Sillinger -- Emil BemstromTim Berni -- Erik GudbransonNick Blankenburg -- Andrew PeekeGavin Bayreuther -- Adam BoqvistElvis MerzlikinsJet Greaves***Scratched:**Vladislav Gavrikov, Lane Pederson, Joonas Korpisalo****Injured:**Gustav Nyquist (shoulder), [Carson Meyer](https://www.nhl.com/player/carson-meyer-8480292)* *(oblique), [Yegor Chinakhov](https://www.nhl.com/player/yegor-chinakhov-8482475) (ankle)***Sabres projected lineup**Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Jack QuinnCasey Mittelstadt -- Dylan Cozens -- Vinnie HinostrozaJJ Peterka -- Peyton Krebs -- Victor OlofssonZemgus Girgensons -- Tyson Jost -- Kyle OkposoOwen Power -- Henri JokiharjuMattias Samuelsson -- Ilya LyubushkinKale Clague -- Jacob BrysonCraig AndersonEric Comrie***Scratched:**Rasmus Asplund, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, [Riley Stillman](https://www.nhl.com/player/riley-stillman-8479388)****Injured:**Alex Tuch (lower body), Rasmus Dahlin (lower body)***Status report**Boqvist is a game-time decision after missing a 3-2 overtime loss at the Minnesota Wild on Sunday with a lower-body injury. … Merzlikins will start for a second straight game. … Korpisalo, a goalie, will be scratched for trade-related reasons. ... Greaves was recalled from Cleveland of the American Hockey League on Tuesday to back up Merzlikins. ... Dahlin will miss a second straight game; the defenseman remains day to day. … Stillman, a defenseman acquired in a trade with the Vancouver Canucks on Monday, could join Buffalo on Wednesday. ... Anderson is expected to start.
