Sabres at Canucks

SABRES (3-1-0) at CANUCKS (0-3-2)

Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
Vinnie Hinostroza -- Dylan Cozens -- JJ Peterka
Rasmus Asplund -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Victor Olofsson
Jack Quinn -- Zemgus Girgensons -- Kyle Okposo
Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin
Owen Power -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Jacob Bryson -- Casey Fitzgerald
Craig Anderson
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Peyton Krebs, Riley Sheahan, Lawrence Pilut
Injured: Henri Jokiharju (upper body)
Canucks projected lineup
Conor Garland -- J.T. Miller -- Ilya Mikheyev
Vasily Podkolzin -- Elias Pettersson -- Andrei Kuzmenko
Tanner Pearson -- Bo Horvat -- Brock Boeser
Dakota Joshua -- Nils Aman -- Curtis Lazar
Quinn Hughes -- Luke Schenn
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Tyler Myers
Jack Rathbone -- Kyle Burroughs
Thatcher Demko
Spencer Martin
Injured: Riley Stillman (undisclosed). Travis Dermott (concussion), Tucker Poolman (undisclosed)
Scratched: Noah Juulsen
Status report
Lyubushkin will return after missing one game with an undisclosed injury. … Jokiharju, a defenseman, was placed on injured reserve. Pilut, a defenseman, was recalled from Rochester of the American Hockey League on Friday. … Hughes is a game-time decision, according to Canucks coach Bruce Boudreau, after not taking part in the morning skate Saturday. … Rathbone is expected to make his season debut in place of Stillman, a defenseman who is day to day after leaving a 4-3 overtime loss to the Minnesota Wild on Thursday. Poolman, who missed the game in Minnesota, skated Saturday and is a game-time decision.