STARS (5-1-0) AT SABRES (2-4-1)

7 p.m. ET; Victory+, MSG-B

Stars projected lineup

Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Logan Stankoven

Mason Marchment — Matt Duchene — Tyler Seguin

Jamie Benn — Wyatt Johnston — Evgenii Dadonov

Colin Blackwell — Sam Steel — Mavrik Bourque

Miro Heiskanen — Mathew Dumba

Esa Lindell — Nils Lundkvist

Thomas Harley — Ilya Lyubushkin

Jake Oettinger

Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Oskar Back, Brendan Smith, Alexander Petrovic

Injured: None

Sabres projected lineup

JJ Peterka — Tage Thompson — Alex Tuch

Jiri Kulich — Dylan Cozens — Jack Quinn

Jason Zucker – Ryan McLeod — Jordan Greenway

Beck Malenstyn — Peyton Krebs — Sam Lafferty

Rasmus Dahlin — Henri Jokiharju

Bowen Byram — Owen Power

Mattias Samuelsson — Connor Clifton

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Devon Levi

Scratched: Jacob Bryson, Dennis Gilbert

Injured: Zach Benson (lower body), Nicolas Aube-Kubel (lower body)

Status report

Seguin, Dumba and Steel will each return from injury for the Stars. Seguin has been out three games, Dumba has missed four and Steel one. … Greenway will return after missing a 4-2 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday with a lower-body injury. … Aube-Kubel took part in the morning skate. The forward could be ready to return this weekend or the middle of next week. … Benson, a forward, will be out with an injury he’s been nursing for the past three weeks.