Sabres at Panthers

SABRES (29-23-4) at PANTHERS (29-25-6)

Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
JJ Peterka -- Dylan Cozens -- Victor Olofsson
Casey Mittelstadt -- Peyton Krebs -- Jack Quinn
Zemgus Girgensons -- Tyson Jost -- Kyle Okposo
Rasmus Dahlin -- Henri Jokiharju
Mattias Samuelsson -- Owen Power
Jacob Bryson -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Craig Anderson
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Rasmus Asplund, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Injured: Kale Clague (lower body)
Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Matthew Tkachuk
Anthony Duclair
-- Anton Lundell -- Sam Reinhart
Ryan Lomberg -- Eric Staal -- Nick Cousins
Grigori Denisenko
-- Colin White -- Zac Dalpe
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Marc Staal -- Brandon Montour
Josh Mahura -- Radko Gudas
Sergei Bobrovsky
Alex Lyon
Scratched: Casey Fitzgerald
Injured: Patric Hornqvist (concussion), Sam Bennett (lower body), Aleksander Barkov (undisclosed), Givani Smith face)
Status report
The Sabres did not hold a morning skate Friday following a 6-5 overtime win at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday. … Anderson could start after Comrie made 36 saves Thursday. ... The Panthers will be placing Smith on long-term injured reserve; the forward had surgery after being hit in the face with a puck during the second period of a 4-3 overtime win against the Anaheim Ducks on Monday. … Dalpe and Denisenko each was recalled from Charlotte of the American Hockey League on Friday. ... Lyon will back up Bobrovsky after goalie Spencer Knight was placed in the NHLPA Player Assistance Program on Friday. … Barkov and Bennett, each a center, is day to day; each could return at the Lightning on Tuesday, Florida coach Paul Maurice said. ... Duclair will make his season debut after being activated from LTIR because of an Achilles injury he sustained during the offseason.