#### **SENATORS (0-0-0) at SABRES (0-0-0)****Senators projected lineup**Brady Tkachuk --[Tim Stutzle](https://www.nhl.com/player/tim-stutzle-8482116)-- Drake BathersonAlex DeBrincat -- Josh Norris -- Claude GirouxTyler Motte -- Shane Pinto -- Mathieu JosephParker Kelly --[Mark Kastelic](https://www.nhl.com/player/mark-kastelic-8480355)-- Austin WatsonThomas Chabot -- Artem ZubJake Sanderson -- Travis HamonicErik Brannstrom -- Nick HoldenAnton ForsbergMagnus Hellberg***Scratched:** [Derick Brassard](https://www.nhl.com/player/derick-brassard-8473544)* *, Dylan Gambrell, Nikita Zaitsev****Injured:** Cam Talbot (upper body)***Sabres projected lineup**Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Victor OlofssonJack Quinn -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Alex TuchPeyton Krebs -- Dylan Cozens -- JJ PeterkaZemgus Girgensons -- Rasmus Asplund -- Kyle OkposoMattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus DahlinOwen Power -- Henri JokiharjuJacob Bryson -- Ilya LyubushkinCraig AndersonEric Comrie***Scratched:** Vinnie Hinostroza, Anders Bjork, Casey Fitzgerald****Injured:** Riley Sheahan (muscular issue)***Status report**The Senators held an optional morning skate Thursday. … Giroux and DeBrincat each is expected to make his Ottawa debut playing on the same line. ... Zub, who missed practice Monday with an undisclosed injury, practiced Wednesday and will play. ... Sanderson will make his NHL debut. … Sheahan, a forward, took part in the Sabres morning skate wearing a no-contact jersey.