Islanders at Sabres

ISLANDERS (7-4-3) at SABRES (4-5-2)

Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Mathew Barzal -- Josh Bailey
Anthony Beauvillier -- Brock Nelson -- Jordan Eberle
Michael Dal Colle -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Leo Komarov
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Cal Clutterbuck
Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock
Nick Leddy -- Scott Mayfield
Andy Greene -- Noah Dobson
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: Oliver Wahlstrom, Ross Johnston, Sebastian Aho, Cory Schneider
Injured: None
Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Jack Eichel -- Victor Olofsson
Taylor Hall -- Eric Staal -- Sam Reinhart
Tobias Rieder -- Cody Eakin -- Kyle Okposo
Tage Thompson -- Riley Sheahan -- Rasmus Asplund
Rasmus Dahlin -- Colin Miller
Jake McCabe -- Henri Jokiharju
Brandon Montour -- Will Borgen
Carter Hutton
Linus Ullmark
Scratched: Dylan Cozens, Curtis Lazar , Rasmus Ristolainen
Injured: None
COVID-19 protocol: Casey Mittelstadt
Status report
Beauvillier will return after missing nine games with a lower-body injury. … Defensemen Montour, McCabe and Ristolainen and centers Cozens and Lazar each was removed from COVID-19 protocol. ... Buffalo will warm up with seven defensemen, with the lineup a game-time decision. ... Asplund was called up from the taxi squad and will play; forwards Steven Fogarty and Brandon Davidson each was assigned to the taxi squad.