Red Wings at Sabres

RED WINGS (17-17-5) at SABRES (11-20-6)

Red Wings projected lineup
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Dylan Larkin -- Lucas Raymond
Robby Fabbri -- Filip Zadina -- Pius Suter
Michael Rasmussen -- Adam Erne -- Vladislav Namestnikov
Joe Veleno -- Givani Smith -- Sam Gagner
Danny DeKeyser -- Moritz Seider
Nick Leddy -- Filip Hronek
Marc Staal -- Gustav Lindstrom
Alex Nedeljkovic
Calvin Pickard
Scratched: Jordan Oesterle
Injured: Troy Stecher (wrist), Mitchell Stephens (lower body), Carter Rowney (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Thomas Greiss
Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
Rasmus Asplund -- Dylan Cozens -- Victor Olofsson
Vinnie Hinostroza --
Peyton Krebs
-- Kyle Okposo
Anders Bjork -- Cody Eakin -- John Hayden
Rasmus Dahlin -- Henri Jokiharju
Will Butcher -- Mark Pysyk
Robert Hagg -- Colin Miller
Aaron Dell
Michael Houser
Scratched: Mark Jankowski
Injured: Jacob Bryson (upper body), Zemgus Girgensons (lower body), Casey Mittelstadt (upper body), Drake Caggiula (upper body), Craig Anderson (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Dustin Tokarski
Status report
Greiss was placed in NHL COVID-19 protocol Monday. ... Pickard was recalled from the taxi squad. ... Krebs will return after missing four games when he was in NHL COVID-19 protocol. … Bryson will be out each of the next two games; the defenseman sustained an injury in a 4-0 loss to the Red Wings on Saturday.