The injury hits keep on coming for the Penguins who don’t have Kasperi Kapanen available tonight. That makes way for rookie Radim Zohorna to play his first career NHL game. Casey DeSmith gets the nod on the back-end of the back-to-back situation.
The Sabres aren’t much better off — their new interim head coach Don Granato and assistant coach announced they have to be in COVID protocol and GM Kevyn Adams is serving as the bench boss and de facto temporary head coach for this game. Also starter Linus Ullmark isn’t quite ready to return from injury, so third string goalie Dustin Tokarski (who was the fourth string goalie last week before a trade sent Jonas Johansson away) has to play his second NHL game in as many days.