The Buffalo Sabres take on the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Center today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
SABRES (14-19-4) at STARS (21-13-1)
8 p.m. ET; Victory+, MSG-B
Sabres projected lineup
Jason Zucker — Tage Thompson — Alex Tuch
Jack Quinn — Dylan Cozens — JJ Peterka
Zach Benson — Jiri Kulich — Peyton Krebs
Beck Malenstyn — Ryan McLeod — Sam Lafferty
Rasmus Dahlin — Bowen Byram
Mattias Samuelsson — Owen Power
Jacob Bryson — Connor Clifton
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
James Reimer
Scratched: Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Henri Jokiharju, Dennis Gilbert
Injured: Jordan Greenway (middle body)
Status report
Dahlin and Thompson each is expected to play after missing practice for maintenance Monday.
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Stars projected lineup
Jamie Benn — Matt Duchene — Wyatt Johnston
Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Evgenii Dadonov
Oskar Back — Mavrik Bourque — Logan Stankoven
Justin Hryckowian — Sam Steel — Colin Blackwell
Miro Heiskanen — Thomas Harley
Nils Lundkvist — Esa Lindell
Mathew Dumba — Ilya Lyubushkin
Casey DeSmith
Jake Oettinger
Scratched: Brendan Smith
Injured: Tyler Seguin (hip), Mason Marchment (face)
Status report
Dumba will return after missing eight games with an upper-body injury. … The Stars assigned defenseman Lian Bichsel to Texas of the American Hockey League on Monday.
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