SABRES at BRUINS Eastern Conference First Round, Game 6 7:30 p.m. ET; ESPN, NESN, MSG-B, TVAS2, SN360 - projected line

(1A) SABRES at (1WC) BRUINS Eastern Conference First Round, Game 6

Buffalo leads best-of-7 series 3-2

7:30 p.m. ET; ESPN, NESN, MSG-B, TVAS2, SN360

Sabres projected lineup

Peyton Krebs -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch

Jason Zucker -- Ryan McLeod -- Jack Quinn

Zach Benson -- Josh Norris -- Josh Doan

Jordan Greenway -- Tyson Kozak -- Beck Malenstyn

Rasmus Dahlin -- Mattias Samuelsson

Bowen Byram -- Owen Power

Logan Stanley -- Connor Timmins

Alex Lyon

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Scratched: Josh Dunne, Colten Ellis, Michael Kesselring, Tanner Pearson, Luke Schenn

Injured: Sam Carrick (upper body), Jiri Kulich (blood clot), Justin Danforth (lower body), Noah Ostlund (undisclosed)

Bruins projected lineup

Marat Khusnutdinov -- Pavel Zacha -- David Pastrnak

Casey Mittelstadt -- Elias Lindholm -- Morgan Geekie

Alex Steeves -- Fraser Minten -- Michael Eyssimont

Tanner Jeannot -- Sean Kuraly -- Mark Kastelic

Jonathan Aspirot -- Charlie McAvoy

Hampus Lindholm -- Henri Jokiharju

Nikita Zadorov -- Andrew Peeke

Jeremy Swayman

Joonas Korpisalo

Scratched: James Hagens, Jordan Harris, Mason Lohrei, Lukas Reichel

Injured: Viktor Arvidsson (upper body)

Status report

• Neither team held a morning skate. ...
• Stanley will be a game-time decision after missing practice Thursday because of an illness. ...
• Kesselring, a defenseman, will enter the lineup if Stanley can't play. ...
• Norris is expected to return after missing three games with an undisclosed injury. ...
• Arvidsson will miss his second consecutive game; the forward skated on his own Friday and could be ready if there's a Game 7 on Sunday, Bruins coach Marco Sturm said. ...
• Boston will dress the same lineup it used in Game 5.