Buffalo Sabres vs Detroit Red Wings — Sep 24, 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.

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.

Detroit Red Wings3 listed

Viktor ArvidssonLW · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Mason AppletonCatcher · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Michael RasmussenCatcher · 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.

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

Detroit Red Wings31 players

Forwards18

22Mason Appleton6' 2"30 yrs8 yrOut

18Andrew Copp6' 1"32 yrs11 yr

58Emmitt Finnie6' 0"21 yrsRookie

92Marco Kasper6' 1"22 yrs2 yr

71Dylan Larkin6' 1"30 yrs11 yr

27Michael Rasmussen6' 6"27 yrs7 yrOut

Wilmer Skoog6' 2"27 yrsRookie

Viktor Arvidsson5' 10"33 yrs11 yrOut

37J.T. Compher6' 0"31 yrs10 yr

34Carter Mazur6' 0"24 yrsRookie

57David Perron6' 0"38 yrs19 yr

23Lucas Raymond5' 11"24 yrs5 yr

21James van Riemsdyk6' 3"37 yrs17 yr

24Austin Watson6' 4"34 yrs11 yr

Cameron Butler6' 4"24 yrsRookie

93Alex DeBrincat5' 8"28 yrs9 yr

Dylan James6' 1"22 yrsRookie

Keegan Kolesar6' 2"29 yrs6 yr

Defensemen9

Ronnie Attard6' 4"27 yrs3 yr

25Jacob Bernard-Docker6' 1"26 yrs4 yr

Jacob Bryson5' 9"28 yrs6 yr

8Ben Chiarot6' 3"35 yrs12 yr

77Simon Edvinsson6' 6"23 yrs3 yr

72Justin Faulk6' 0"34 yrs15 yr

52Travis Hamonic6' 0"36 yrs16 yr

20Albert Johansson6' 0"25 yrs2 yr

53Moritz Seider6' 3"25 yrs5 yr

Goaltenders4

36John Gibson6' 2"33 yrs12 yr

35Michal Postava6' 2"24 yrsRookie

39Cam Talbot6' 4"39 yrs13 yr

Daniil Tarasov6' 5"27 yrs4 yr