Chicago Blackhawks vs Buffalo Sabres — Oct 3, 2026

Who is unavailable, in each club’s own words to the league. A day-to-day designation still allows a start, so a name here is not always a scratch; an injured-list stint is.

Chicago Blackhawks4 listed

Connor BedardCatcher · is out. Back 2026-11-07.

Matt GrzelcykD · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Artyom LevshunovD · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Ryan EllisD · is listed injured reserve. Back 2027-07-01.

Buffalo Sabres3 listed

Justin DanforthRW · is listed injured reserve. Back 2026-09-15.

Jiri KulichCatcher · is listed injured reserve. Back 2026-09-15.

Noah OstlundCatcher · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Each club's active roster, as filed with ESPN. Nobody posts a projected line for this sport, so this is the group available to play, sorted by position.

Chicago Blackhawks34 players

Forwards17

98Connor Bedard5' 10"21 yrs3 yrOut

12Sacha Boisvert6' 2"20 yrsRookie

8Ryan Donato6' 0"30 yrs9 yr

16Anton Frondell6' 1"19 yrsRookie

20Ryan Greene6' 1"22 yrsRookie

11Oliver Moore6' 0"21 yrsRookie

91Frank Nazar5' 10"22 yrs2 yr

86Teuvo Teravainen5' 11"31 yrs12 yr

25Dominic Toninato6' 2"32 yrs5 yr

59Tyler Bertuzzi6' 2"31 yrs8 yr

12Jordan Greenway6' 6"29 yrs8 yr

76Nick Lardis5' 11"21 yrsRookie

26Andrew Mangiapane5' 10"30 yrs9 yr

62Brett Seney5' 9"30 yrs2 yr

84Landon Slaggert6' 0"24 yrs3 yr

88Patrick Kane5' 10"37 yrs19 yr

Cole Smith6' 3"30 yrs4 yr

Defensemen12

Dylan Anhorn6' 0"27 yrsRookie

24Bowen Byram6' 1"25 yrs6 yr

Ian Cole6' 1"37 yrs16 yr

38Ethan Del Mastro6' 4"23 yrs2 yr

79Cavan Fitzgerald6' 1"30 yrsRookie

48Matt Grzelcyk5' 10"32 yrs9 yrOut

44Wyatt Kaiser6' 0"24 yrs3 yr

14Kevin Korchinski6' 1"22 yrs3 yr

55Artyom Levshunov6' 2"20 yrs2 yrOut

Connor Mackey6' 3"29 yrs2 yr

6Sam Rinzel6' 5"22 yrsRookie

72Alex Vlasic6' 6"25 yrs4 yr

Goaltenders5

Adam Gajan6' 2"22 yrsRookie

30Spencer Knight6' 3"25 yrs4 yr

40Dave Nozzolillo5' 10"46 yrsRookie

40Arvid Soderblom6' 3"27 yrs4 yr

Mitchell Weeks6' 3"25 yrsRookie

Buffalo Sabres39 players

Forwards21

10Sam Carrick6' 0"34 yrs7 yr

45Riley Fiddler-Schultz6' 0"24 yrsRookie

94Konsta Helenius5' 11"20 yrsRookie

48Tyson Kozak5' 11"23 yrs2 yr

19Peyton Krebs6' 0"25 yrs5 yr

20Jiri Kulich6' 1"22 yrs2 yrInjured Reserve

61Trevor Kuntar6' 0"25 yrsRookie

71Ryan McLeod6' 3"26 yrs6 yr

9Josh Norris6' 2"27 yrs5 yr

86Noah Ostlund5' 10"22 yrsRookieOut

72Tage Thompson6' 6"28 yrs8 yr

6Zach Benson5' 10"21 yrs3 yr

29Beck Malenstyn6' 3"28 yrs4 yr

70Tanner Pearson6' 1"34 yrs13 yr

Jake Richard6' 1"22 yrsRookie

Conor Sheary5' 8"34 yrs10 yr

17Jason Zucker5' 11"34 yrs14 yr

15Justin Danforth5' 8"33 yrs4 yrInjured Reserve

91Josh Doan6' 2"24 yrs3 yr

Jason Polin6' 1"27 yrsRookie

22Jack Quinn6' 1"24 yrs4 yr

Defensemen15

46Louis Crevier6' 8"25 yrs3 yr

26Rasmus Dahlin6' 3"26 yrs8 yr

Dennis Gilbert6' 2"29 yrs5 yr

33Ryan Johnson6' 1"25 yrs2 yr

76Vsevolod Komarov6' 2"22 yrsRookie

Artem Kriukov6' 4"44 yrsRookie

Gavin McCarthy6' 2"21 yrsRookie

73Zach Metsa5' 9"27 yrsRookie

57Radim Mrtka6' 6"19 yrsRookie

25Owen Power6' 6"23 yrs4 yr

23Mattias Samuelsson6' 4"26 yrs6 yr

64Logan Stanley6' 7"28 yrs6 yr

Maxim Strbak6' 2"21 yrs

21Conor Timmins6' 3"27 yrs5 yr

Olen Zellweger5' 10"22 yrs3 yr

Goaltenders3

92Colten Ellis6' 1"25 yrsRookie

1Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen6' 5"27 yrs4 yr

34Alex Lyon6' 1"33 yrs5 yr