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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