The Dallas Stars take on the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
STARS (5-1-0) at SABRES (2-4-1)
7 p.m. ET; Victory+, MSG-B
Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Logan Stankoven
Mason Marchment — Matt Duchene — Tyler Seguin
Jamie Benn — Wyatt Johnston — Evgenii Dadonov
Colin Blackwell — Sam Steel — Mavrik Bourque
Miro Heiskanen — Mathew Dumba
Esa Lindell — Nils Lundkvist
Thomas Harley — Ilya Lyubushkin
Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Oskar Back, Brendan Smith, Alexander Petrovic
Injured: None
Status report
- Seguin, Dumba and Steel will each return from injury for the Stars. Seguin has been out three games, Dumba has missed four and Steel one.
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Sabres projected lineup
JJ Peterka — Tage Thompson — Alex Tuch
Jiri Kulich — Dylan Cozens — Jack Quinn
Jason Zucker – Ryan McLeod — Jordan Greenway
Beck Malenstyn — Peyton Krebs — Sam Lafferty
Rasmus Dahlin — Henri Jokiharju
Bowen Byram — Owen Power
Mattias Samuelsson — Connor Clifton
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Devon Levi
Scratched: Jacob Bryson, Dennis Gilbert
Injured: Zach Benson (lower body), Nicolas Aube-Kubel (lower body)
Status report
- Greenway will return after missing a 4-2 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday with a lower-body injury.
- Aube-Kubel took part in the morning skate. The forward could be ready to return this weekend or the middle of next week.
- Benson, a forward, will be out with an injury he’s been nursing for the past three weeks.
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