Lightning at Sabres

LIGHTNING (1-2-0) at SABRES (0-2-0)

7:30 p.m. ET; ESPN

Lightning projected lineup

Brandon Hagel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov

Michael Eyssimont -- Anthony Cirelli -- Tanner Jeannot

Alex Barre-Boulet -- Nicholas Paul -- Conor Sheary

Austin Watson -- Luke Glendening -- Waltteri Merela

Victor Hedman -- Erik Cernak

Mikhail Sergachev -- Darren Raddysh

Zach Bogosian -- Nick Perbix

Jonas Johansson

Matt Tomkins

Scratched: Calvin de Haan, Haydn Fleury

Injured: Steven Stamkos (lower body), Tyler Motte (upper body), Andrei Vasilevskiy (back)

Sabres projected lineup

Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch

JJ Peterka -- Dylan Cozens -- Peyton Krebs

Jordan Greenway -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Zach Benson

Zemgus Girgensons -- Tyson Jost -- Kyle Okposo

Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin

Owen Power -- Henri Jokiharju

Erik Johnson -- Connor Clifton

Devon Levi

Eric Comrie

Scratched: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Victor Olofsson, Jacob Bryson

Injured: Matt Savoie (upper body), Jack Quinn (Achilles)

Status report

Stamkos will miss his second straight game; the forward is day to day. … Bogosian will make his season debut. … Johansson is expected to start after Tomkins made 33 saves in a 5-2 loss at the Ottawa Senators on Sunday. ... Jost will play after being scratched the first two games of the season. … Olofsson, a forward, will be scratched and Krebs will move up to the second line. … Levi will start a third straight game; he made 26 saves in a 3-2 loss at the New York Islanders on Saturday.