The Boston Bruins take on the Buffalo Sabres at Key Bank Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
BRUINS (31-37-9) at SABRES (33-36-6)
6 p.m. ET; NESN, MSG-B
Bruins projected lineup
Morgan Geekie — Elias Lindholm — David Pastrnak
Pavel Zacha — Casey Mittelstadt — Fabian Lysell
Marat Khusnutdinov — Fraser Minten — Vinni Lettieri
Jakub Lauko — John Beecher — Cole Koepke
Nikita Zadorov — Henri Jokiharju
Parker Wotherspoon — Andrew Peeke
Mason Lohrei — Ian Mitchell
Joonas Korpisalo
Jeremy Swayman
Scratched: Michael Callahan, Patrick Brown
Injured: Charlie McAvoy (shoulder), Hampus Lindholm (knee), Mark Kastelic (upper body)
Status report
Neither team will hold a morning skate after each played Saturday.
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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
Owen Power — Jacob Bernard-Docker
Bowen Byram — Connor Clifton
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
James Reimer
Scratched: Jacob Bryson
Injured: Tyson Kozak (hip strain), Jordan Greenway (lower body), Josh Norris (middle body)
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