The Buffalo Sabres face the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Area tonight. Listed here are the projected/anticipated lineups sourced from NHL.com employees writers, impartial correspondents, and others.
7 p.m. ET; BSOH, MSG-B
Sabres projected lineup
JJ Peterka — Tage Thompson — Alex Tuch
Zach Benson — Dylan Cozens — Jack Quinn
Jordan Greenway — Ryan McLeod — Jason Zucker
Beck Malenstyn — Peyton Krebs — Sam Lafferty
Rasmus Dahlin — Henri Jokiharju
Bowen Byram — Owen Energy
Mattias Samuelsson — Connor Clifton
Devon Levi
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Scratched: Jacob Bryson, Dennis Gilbert, Jiri Kulich
Injured: Nicolas Aube-Kubel (decrease physique)
Standing report
- The Sabres didn’t maintain a morning skate Thursday following a 6-5 time beyond regulation loss on the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday.
- Levi will begin after Luukkonen made 37 saves Wednesday.
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Blue Jackets projected lineup
Yegor Chinakhov — Sean Monahan — Kirill Marchenko
James van Riemsdyk — Adam Fantilli — Kent Johnson
Mikael Pyyhtia — Cole Sillinger — Justin Danforth
Zach Aston-Reese — Sean Kuraly — Mathieu Olivier
Zach Werenski — Ivan Provorov
Jake Christiansen — Damon Severson
Jordan Harris — Jack Johnson
Daniil Tarasov
Jet Greaves
Scratched: David Jiricek, Kevin Labanc
Injured: Dmitri Voronkov (higher physique), Boone Jenner (shoulder), Gavin Brindley (finger), Erik Gudbranson (higher physique), Elvis Merzlikins (higher physique)
Standing report:
- Greaves was an emergency recall from Cleveland of the American Hockey League on Wednesday after Merzlikins, a goalie, was injured in a 4-3 loss to the Florida Panthers on Tuesday.
- Gudbranson, a defenseman, left that recreation at 18:28 of the second interval after a center-ice collision with Monahan. Gudbranson’s spot within the lineup was taken by Jack Johnson.
- Danforth makes his season debut following offseason wrist surgical procedure.
- Kent Johnson strikes to the second line from the third.
- Labanc, a ahead, shall be a wholesome scratch.
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