SABRES (5-6-4) at MAMMOTH (9-7-0)
9 p.m. ET; Utah16, MSG-B, TVAS
Sabres projected lineup
Tage Thompson — Ryan McLeod — Alex Tuch
Josh Doan — Tyson Kozak — Jordan Greenway
Isak Rosen — Noah Ostlund — Jack Quinn
Josh Dunne — Peyton Krebs — Beck Malenstyn
Bowen Byram — Conor Timmins
Jacob Bryson — Michael Kesselring
Mattias Samuelsson – Owen Power
Colton Ellis
Alex Lyon
Scratched: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Mason Geertsen, Zac Jones
Injured: Jason Zucker (illness), Jiri Kulich (illness), Zach Benson (lower body), Justin Danforth (lower body), Josh Norris (upper body)
Mammoth projected lineup
Clayton Keller — Logan Cooley — Nick Schmaltz
JJ Peterka — Barrett Hayton — Dylan Guenther
Lawson Crouse — Jack McBain — Michael Carcone
Kailer Yamamoto — Kevin Stenlund — Brandon Tanev
Mikhail Sergachev — Dmitri Simashev
Nate Schmidt — John Marino
Ian Cole — Nick DeSimone
Karel Vejmelka
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Olli Maatta, Liam O’Brien, Kevin Rooney
Injured: Sean Durzi (upper body), Alex Kerfoot (lower body)
Status report
Ellis is expected to make his second NHL start for the Sabres; it would be his first since winning his debut on Oct. 22, 4-2 against the Detroit Red Wings. … Benson, a forward, did not travel with Buffalo. … The Sabres reassigned forward Carson Meyer to Rochester of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. … The Mammoth held an optional morning skate and are expected to dress the same 18 skaters from a 4-2 loss at the Ottawa Senators on Sunday.
