Projected Lineups for the Flyers vs Sabres – 4/5/24

The Philadelphia Flyers 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.

FLYERS (36-29-11) at SABRES (36-35-5)

7 p.m. ET; NBCSP, MSG-B

Flyers projected lineup

Tyson Foerster — Morgan Frost– Travis Konecny

Owen Tippett — Scott Laughton – Bobby Brink

Olle Lycksell Noah Cates — Ryan Poehling — Garnet Hathaway

Joel Farabee — Noah Cates — Cam Atkinson

Cam York — Travis Sanheim

Nick Seeler — Jamie Drysdale

Egor Zamula — Erik Johnson

Ivan Fedotov

Samuel Ersson

Scratched: Nicolas Deslauriers, Denis Gurianov, Marc Staal, Ronnie Attard, Adam Ginning, Ryan Johansen

Injured: Sean Couturier (upper body), Rasmus Ristolainen (upper body)

Status report

• Couturier is day to day; the center is expected to miss the next two games.
• Fedotov will make his first NHL start; he made 19 saves in 38:09 in relief of Ersson in a 4-3 overtime loss to the New York Islanders on Monday in his League debut.

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Sabres projected lineup

JJ Peterka — Tage Thompson — Alex Tuch

Zach Benson — Dylan Cozens — Jack Quinn

Jeff Skinner — Peyton Krebs — Lukas Rousek

Eric Robinson — Zemgus Girgensons — Victor Olofsson

Owen Power — Rasmus Dahlin

Bowen Byram — Henri Jokiharju

Jacob Bryson — Connor Clifton

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Eric Comrie

Scratched: Tyson Jost, Kale Clague

Injured: Jordan Greenway (upper body), Mattias Samuelsson (upper body)

Status report

• The Sabres held an optional morning skate Friday.
• Greenway is day to day; the forward participated in the skate but will miss his second straight game.
• Luukkonen is expected to make his 11th start in 13 games.

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