Blue Jackets at Sabres preview

BLUE JACKETS (25-16-3) at SABRES (10-24-9)
7 p.m. ET; SN, MSG-B, FS-O, NHL.TV

Bogosian will miss 4-6 weeks with a lower-body injury he sustained in practice on Wednesday. Justin Falk will take his spot in the lineup.
Goaltender
Linus Ullmark
will make his NHL season debut for the Sabres, who are 0-4-1 in their past five games. He was recalled from Rochester of the American Hockey League on Monday.
The Blue Jackets have won their past two games and may have center Alex Wennberg back in the lineup. Wennberg injured his back on Dec. 21 and has missed eight games; he was activated off injured reserve Wednesday.
Sergei Bobrovsky is expected to start. He's 3-1-0 in his past four starts with seven goals allowed.

Players to watch

Blue Jackets defenseman Seth Jones has four assists in the past two games and 12 points (three goals, nine assists) in his past 11.
Sabres center Jack Eichel has four points (two goals, two assists) in his past two games. He has 15 points (nine goals, six assists) in his past 11.

They said it

"They are going to be ready to play, there's just no easy games … Now we've had a couple of days … and you have a Buffalo team they may think is down because they've lost a few in a row here. They'll be ready to play. We need to be ready to play." -- Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella on Wednesday
"We can't give up the amount of goals we've been giving up lately and expect to win and have success. Just taking more pride in defending and playing in our own end and breaking the puck out as a five-man unit and working for each other, I think it goes a long way. It's what helps you keep the puck out of your net, so I think everybody could probably be better and it's a good opportunity for us to show it tonight." -- Sabres center Jack Eichel

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Josh Anderson
Boone Jenner -- Alexander Wennberg -- Nick Foligno
Matt Calvert -- Lukas Sedlak -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Tyler Motte
-- Jordan Schroeder -- Markus Hannikainen
Zach Werenski -- Seth Jones
Markus Nutivaara
-- David Savard
Scott Harrington -- Jack Johnson
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched:Dean Kukan](https://www.nhl.com/player/dean-kukan-8478567?season=20172018), Zac Dalpe, Jordan Schroeder
Injured:Sonny Milano (upper body), Ryan Murray (upper body), Brandon Dubinsky (fractured orbital bone), Cam Atkinson (broken foot)

Sabres projected lineup

Benoit Pouliot -- Jack Eichel -- Kyle Okposo
Evander Kane -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Jason Pominville
Zemgus Girgensons -- Evan Rodrigues -- Sam Reinhart
Scott Wilson -- Johan Larsson -- Jordan Nolan
Marco Scandella -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Nathan Beaulieu -- Justin Falk
Brendan Guhle
-- Jake McCabe
Linus Ullmark
Chad Johnson
Scratched:Josh Gorges, Robin Lehner
Injured:Zach Bogosian (lower body), Jacob Josefson (lower body), Victor Antipin (illness)

Status update

Dubinsky and Murray skated on Wednesday. … Antipin skated Thursday as he tries to come back from an illness that's kept him out since Dec. 29.

Stat pack

Dubois has three points (two goals, one assist) in the past two games. … Ristolainen has seven points (two goals, five assists) in his past six games.