PANTHERS (1-1-0) at SABRES (0-3-0)

7 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, MSG-B

Panthers projected lineup

Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Sam Reinhart

Carter Verhaeghe — Sam Bennett — Evan Rodrigues

A.J. Greer — Jesper Boqvist — Mackie Samoskevich

Jonah Gadjovich – Patrick Giles

Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad

Niko Mikkola — Dmitry Kulikov

Uvis Balinskis — Adam Boqvist

Nate Schmidt

Spencer Knight

Sergei Bobrovsky

Scratched: None

Injured: Aleksander Barkov (lower body), Matthew Tkachuk (illness), Tomas Nosek (upper body), Justin Sourdif (upper body), Adam Boqvist (face)

Sabres projected lineup

Zach Benson — 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: JJ Peterka (concussion), Nicolas Aube-Kubel (lower body)

Status report

Barkov, a center, is out 2-3 weeks. … With Tkachuk, a forward, also out, the Panthers will dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen. … Knight will make his first start of the season. … Giles, recalled from Charlotte of the American Hockey League on Friday, will make his NHL debut. … Peterka, a forward, will miss a second straight game; Sabres coach Lindy Ruff anticipates he’ll be ready when Buffalo plays at the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday. … Each team held an optional morning skate Saturday.