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)
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
Dahlin and Thompson each is expected to play after missing practice for maintenance Monday. ... 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.
