The Buffalo Sabres travel to Canada for the second half of a home-and-home series with the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
SABRES (24-29-5) at CANADIENS (29-26-5)
7 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, MSG-B
Sabres Projected Lineup
JJ Peterka — Jiri Kulich — Tage Thompson
Jordan Greenway — Dylan Cozens — Alex Tuch
Zach Benson — Ryan McLeod — Jack Quinn
Beck Malenstyn — Peyton Krebs
Bowen Byram — Rasmus Dahlin
Mattias Samuelsson — Owen Power
Jacob Bryson — Connor Clifton
Dennis Gilbert
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
James Reimer
Scratched: Sam Lafferty, Henri Jokiharju
Injured: Jason Zucker (lower body)
Status Report:
The Sabres did not hold a morning skate. … Buffalo could dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen for a second straight game.
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Canadiens Projected Lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook — Owen Beck — Patrik Laine
Josh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman — Jake Evans — Joel Armia
Mike Matheson — Alexandre Carrier
Lane Hutson — Jayden Struble
Arber Xhekaj — David Savard
Sam Montembeault
Jakub Dobes
Scratched: Michael Pezzetta
Injured: Kaiden Guhle (lacerated quadricep muscle)
Status report:
The Canadiens will dress the same 18 skaters used in a 4-2 win at the Sabres on Saturday.
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