Sabres projected lineup
Peyton Krebs — Tage Thompson — Alex Tuch
Zach Benson — Josh Norris — Josh Doan
Jason Zucker — Konsta Helenius — Jack Quinn
Jordan Greenway — Ryan McLeod — Beck Malenstyn
Rasmus Dahlin — Mattias Samuelsson
Bowen Byram — Owen Energy
Luke Schenn — Conor Timmins
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Alex Lyon
Scratched: Sam Carrick, Josh Dunne, Colten Ellis, Michael Kesselring, Tyson Kozak, Tanner Pearson, Logan Stanley
Injured: Noah Ostlund (decrease physique), Jiri Kulich (blood clot), Justin Danforth (decrease physique)
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook — Jake Evans — Ivan Demidov
Alexandre Texier — Phillip Danault — Josh Anderson
Zachary Bolduc — Joe Veleno — Kirby Dach
Mike Matheson — Alexandre Service
Lane Hutson — Noah Dobson
Arber Xhekaj — Kaiden Guhle
Jakub Dobes
Jacob Fowler
Scratched: Brendan Gallagher, Jayden Struble, Oliver Kapanen, Samuel Montembeault, Adam Engstrom, David Reinbacher, Owen Beck, Florian Xhekaj
Injured: Patrik Laine (decrease physique)
Standing report
Helenius will make his playoff debut. … The Canadiens are anticipated to make use of the identical lineup for a fourth straight recreation. … Matheson and Anderson didn’t take part within the morning skate however are anticipated to play. … Montreal recalled defensemen Reinbacher and Engstrom, and forwards Beck and Florian Xhekaj, from Laval of the American Hockey League on Tuesday.
NHL.com workers author Mike Zeisberger contributed to this report