Penguins at Sabres

PENGUINS (27-13-3) at SABRES (11-25-7)

Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Jared McCann -- Jeff Carter -- Jason Zucker
Zach Aston-Reese -- Teddy Blueger -- Evan Rodrigues
Radim Zohorna -- Mark Jankowski -- Colton Sceviour
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Mike Matheson -- Cody Ceci
Marcus Pettersson -- John Marino
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Chad Ruhwedel, Sam Lafferty
Injured: Evgeni Malkin (lower body), Kasperi Kapanen (lower body), Mark Friedman (upper body), Brandon Tanev (upper body), Frederick Gaudreau (lower body)
Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Sam Reinhart - Victor Olofsson
Rasmus Asplund -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Tage Thompson
Anders Bjork -- Dylan Cozens - Arttu Ruotsalainen
Tobias Rieder -- Cody Eakin -- Steven Fogarty
Jacob Bryson -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Rasmus Dahlin -- Henri Jokiharju
Matt Irwin -- Colin Miller
Dustin Tokarski
Michael Houser
Scratched: Drake Caggiula
Injured: Linus Ullmark (lower body), Riley Sheahan (upper body), Carter Hutton (lower body), Jack Eichel (upper body), Will Borgen (forearm)
Status report
Kyle Okposo had surgery to repair a broken bone in his cheek and the forward will be out for the season. He was hit in the face by a puck during the first period of a 5-2 win at the Washington Capitals on Thursday. ... Ullmark is week to week and could be out for the season after leaving in the first period of a 3-2 shootout loss at the Boston Bruins on Tuesday. ... Sheahan, a center, is day to day.