The Buffalo Sabres take on the Tampa Bay Lightning today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
SABRES (35-37-7) at LIGHTNING (45-26-8)
6 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, MSG-B, SNE
Sabres projected lineup
Zach Benson — Jiri Kulich — Tage Thompson
JJ Peterka — Ryan McLeod — Jack Quinn
Jason Zucker — Peyton Krebs — Alex Tuch
Beck Malenstyn — Noah Ostlund — Sam Lafferty
Mattias Samuelsson — Rasmus Dahlin
Bowen Byram — Connor Clifton
Jacob Bryson — Jacob Bernard-Docker
James Reimer
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Scratched: None
Injured: Owen Power (lower body), Tyson Kozak (hip strain), Jordan Greenway (lower body), Josh Norris (middle body)
Status report
Bjorkstrand, a forward, is week to week after he was injured in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Friday. The Lightning recalled Geekie from Syracuse of the American Hockey League and assigned forward Cam Atkinson to Syracuse.
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Lightning projected lineup
Yanni Gourde — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Jake Guentzel
Gage Goncalves — Nick Paul — Conor Geekie
Zemgus Girgensons — Mitchell Chaffee
Victor Hedman — JJ Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Nick Perbix
Darren Raddysh
Jonas Johansson
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched: None
Injured: Oliver Bjorkstrand (lower body), Luke Glendening (upper body)
Status report
Power, a defenseman, is not expected to play after he was injured in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Florida Panthers on Saturday.
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