Wild at Sabres

WILD (22-13-2) at SABRES (19-15-2)

Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Sam Steel -- Matt Boldy
Jordan Greenway -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Marcus Foligno
Brandon Duhaime -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Ryan Hartman
Mason Shaw -- Connor Dewar -- Ryan Reaves
Jake Middleton -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Mathew Dumba
Jon Merrill -- Calen Addison
Marc-Andre Fleury
Zane McIntyre
Scratched: Alex Goligoski
Injured: Mats Zuccarello (upper body), Filip Gustavsson (illness)
Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
JJ Peterka -- Dylan Cozens -- Jack Quinn
Casey Mittelstadt -- Tyson Jost -- Victor Olofsson
Zemgus Girgensons -- Peyton Krebs -- Kyle Okposo
Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin
Owen Power -- Kale Clague
Jacob Bryson -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Craig Anderson
Scratched: Rasmus Asplund, Vinnie Hinostroza, Casey Fitzgerald
Injured: Henri Jokiharju (lower body), Eric Comrie (lower body)
Status report
Zuccarello won't play in each of the next two games but the forward is expected to travel with the Wild when they play at the New York Rangers and New York Islanders on Tuesday and Thursday, coach Dean Evason said Friday. … Duhaime will return after missing 18 games with an upper-body injury. … Girgensons and Okposo were absent from the Sabres morning skate for maintenance but each is expected to play, coach Don Granato said. ... Jokiharju skated with Buffalo for the first time since he was injured Dec. 9; Granato said the defenseman could return in a week.