Canucks at Sabres

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

Canucks projected lineup
Nils Hoglander -- Elias Pettersson -- Brock Boeser
Tanner Pearson -- Bo Horvat -- Conor Garland
Justin Dowling -- J.T. Miller -- Vasily Podkolzin
Matthew Highmore -- Jason Dickinson -- Juho Lammikko
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Tyler Myers
Quinn Hughes -- Tucker Poolman
Jack Rathbone -- Kyle Burroughs
Jaroslav Halak
Thatcher Demko
Scratched: Alex Chiasson, Brad Hunt, Luke Schenn
Injured: Brandon Sutter (illness), Tyler Motte (upper body), Brady Keeper (leg)
Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Dylan Cozens -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Rasmus Asplund -- Tage Thompson -- Victor Olofsson
Anders Bjork -- Arttu Ruotsalainen -- Drake Caggiula
Zemgus Girgensons -- Cody Eakin -- Kyle Okposo
Rasmus Dahlin -- Will Butcher
Jacob Bryson -- Colin Miller
Robert Hagg -- Mark Pysyk
Craig Anderson
Dustin Tokarski
Scratched: John Hayden, Christian Wolanin
Injured: Casey Mittelstadt (upper body), Henri Jokiharju (lower body)
Status report
Boeser was activated. He's been out with an undisclosed injury sustained in a preseason game against the Seattle Kraken on Sept. 26. Forward Nic Patan was assigned to Abbotsford of the American Hockey League. ... Hughes participated in the Canucks' optional morning skate after missing practice Monday for a maintenance day. … The Sabres will dress the same lineup they used in a 2-1 shootout win against the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday.