Stars at Sabres

STARS (18-16-2) at SABRES (12-20-7)

Stars projected lineup
Jacob Peterson -- Roope Hintz -- Joe Pavelski
Jamie Benn -- Tyler Seguin -- Denis Gurianov
Michael Raffl -- Radek Faksa -- Luke Glendening
Rhett Gardner -- Riley Damiani -- Joel Kiviranta
Ryan Suter -- Miro Heiskanen
Joel Hanley -- John Klingberg
Esa Lindell -- Jani Hakanpaa
Braden Holtby
Jake Oettinger
Scratched: None
Injured: Jason Robertson (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Alexander Radulov, Andrej Sekera, Tanner Kero
Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
Peyton Krebs -- Dylan Cozens --
Jack Quinn
Rasmus Asplund -- Mark Jankowski -- Victor Olofsson
Anders Bjork -- Cody Eakin -- John Hayden
Rasmus Dahlin -- Henri Jokiharju
Mattias Samuelsson -- Mark Pysyk
Robert Hagg -- Will Butcher
Aaron Dell
Michael Houser
Scratched: None
Injured:Kyle Okposo (upper body), Vinnie Hinostroza (upper body), Jacob Bryson (upper body), Zemgus Girgensons (lower body), Colin Miller (upper body), Malcolm Subban (upper body), Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (lower body), Casey Mittelstadt (upper body), Drake Caggiula (upper body), Craig Anderson (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Dustin Tokarski
Status report
Mittelstadt, a center, participated in the Sabres' morning skate Thursday and could return by the weekend. ... Okposo, a forward, will not play after being injured in 3-1 win at the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday. … Hinostroza, a forward, will be out at least three weeks. ... Miller, a defenseman, had surgery and will be out six weeks. … Subban, a goalie, had surgery and is expected to be out the rest of the season. ... Robertson, a forward who has missed two games, will be a game-time decision.