Islanders at Sabres

ISLANDERS (17-19-6) at SABRES (15-24-8)

Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Mathew Barzal -- Kyle Palmieri
Anthony Beauvillier -- Brock Nelson -- Josh Bailey
Zach Parise -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Oliver Wahlstrom
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Cal Clutterbuck
Adam Pelech -- Scott Mayfield
Zdeno Chara -- Noah Dobson
Sebastian Aho -- Ryan Pulock
Ilya Sorokin
Cory Schneider
Scratched: Kieffer Bellows Ross Johnston, Andy Greene
Injured: None
COVID-19 protocol: Semyon Varlamov
Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
Peyton Krebs -- Dylan Cozens -- Victor Olofsson
Rasmus Asplund -- Cody Eakin -- Kyle Okposo
Anders Bjork -- Mark Jankowski -- John Hayden
Rasmus Dahlin -- Henri Jokiharju
Mattias Samuelsson -- Casey Fitzgerald
Jacob Bryson -- Mark Pysyk
Dustin Tokarski
Craig Anderson
Scratched: Robert Hagg
Injured: Jack Quinn (lower body), Will Butcher (upper body), Vinnie Hinostroza (upper body), Zemgus Girgensons (lower body), Colin Miller (upper body), Malcolm Subban (upper body), Casey Mittelstadt (upper body), Drake Caggiula (upper body)
Status report
The Islanders held an optional morning skate Tuesday. … Palmieri will return after being scratched the past three games. … Greene, a defenseman, will be a healthy scratch; Aho will replace him in the lineup. ... Mittelstadt skated for the third straight day in a regular contact jersey and is progressing, but the center will not play.