The Buffalo Sabres take on the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
SABRES (24-31-6) at PANTHERS (39-21-3)
6 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, MSG-B
Sabres projected lineup
JJ Peterka — Josh Norris — Tage Thompson
Jordan Greenway — Ryan McLeod — Alex Tuch
Zach Benson — Peyton Krebs — Jack Quinn
Beck Malenstyn — Sam Lafferty — Josh Dunne
Bowen Byram — Rasmus Dahlin
Mattias Samuelsson — Owen Power
Jacob Bryson — Connor Clifton
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
James Reimer
Scratched: Jacob Bernard-Docker, Isak Rosen
Injured: Jason Zucker (lower body), Jiri Kulich (illness)
Status report
Norris will make his Sabres debut on the top line and top power-play unit after being acquired in a trade with the Ottawa Senators on Friday. … Greenway and Quinn each will be a game-time decision after neither participated in Buffalo’s morning skate because of illness. … Dunne and Rosen, a forward, each was recalled from Rochester of the American Hockey League on Saturday. … Bernard-Docker, a defenseman who was part of the Norris trade, will not play because of visa issues. … Kulich, a forward, is out.
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Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe — Aleksander Barkov — Sam Reinhart
Mackie Samoskevich — Sam Bennett — Evan Rodrigues
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Jesper Boqvist
A.J. Greer — Nico Sturm — Tomas Nosek
Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola — Seth Jones
Nate Schmidt — Dmitry Kulikov
Vitek Vanecek
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched: Uvis Balinskis, Jonah Gadjovich
Injured: Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Brad Marchand (upper body)
Status report
Marchand, a forward acquired in a trade with the Boston Bruins on Friday, is week to week but is expected to join the Panthers in the coming days. … Vanecek will start in and make his Florida debut after being acquired in a trade with the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday. … Gadjovich, a forward, will not play for personal reasons.
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