The Tampa Bay Lightning 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.
LIGHTNING (44-26-5) at SABRES (32-36-6)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, MSG-B
Lightning projected lineup
Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Nick Paul
Oliver Bjorkstrand — Yanni Gourde — Gage Goncalves
Zemgus Girgensons — Luke Glendening — Mitchell Chafee
Victor Hedman — J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Nick Perbix
Jonas Johansson
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched: Cam Atkinson, Darren Raddysh
Injured: None
Status report
Each team held an optional morning skate. … The Lightning will dress the same lineup they used in a as a 2-1 loss at the Ottawa Senators on Thursday.
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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
James Reimer
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Scratched: Jacob Bryson
Injured: Tyson Kozak (hip strain), Jordan Greenway (lower body), Josh Norris (middle body)
Status report
Norris, a center, skated on his own Friday; he and Greenway, a forward, each is progressing but there is no timetable for a return for either player. … Kozak is week to week; the forward was injured Tuesday. … Ostlund will make his NHL debut.
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