The Buffalo Sabres take on the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
SABRES (10-9-1) at SHARKS (6-11-5)
8 p.m. ET; NBCSCA, MSG-B
Sabres projected lineup
JJ Peterka — Ryan McLeod — Alex Touch
Zach Benson — Dylan Cozens — Sam Lafferty
Jason Zucker — Jiri Kulich — Jack Quinn
Beck Malenstyn — Peyton Krebs — Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Rasmus Dahlin — Bowen Byram
Owen Power — Henri Jokiharju
Jacob Bryson — Connor Clifton
James Reimer
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Scratched: Isak Rosen, Dennis Gilbert
Injured: Tage Thompson (lower body), Mattias Samuelsson (lower body), Jordan Greenway (undisclosed)
Status report
- Neither team held a morning skate.
- Tage Thompson, a forward, could miss his fifth straight game but hasn’t been ruled out by the Sabres.
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Sharks projected lineup
William Eklund — Mikael Granlund — Fabian Zetterlund
Barclay Goodrow — Macklin Celebrini — Will Smith
Luke Kunin — Alexander Wennberg — Tyler Toffoli
Klim Kostin — Ty Dellandrea — Carl Grundstrom
Cody Ceci — Jake Walman
Mario Ferraro — Timothy Liljegren
Jack Thompson — Jan Rutta
Mackenzie Blackwood
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Givani Smith, Henry Thrun, Yaroslav Askarov
Injured: Logan Couture (groin), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (upper body), Nico Sturm (upper body)
Status report
- Vanecek will serve as the backup to Blackwood after being unavailable for two games because of an upper-body injury.
- Eklund is a game-time decision, according to Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky.
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