Final: Sabres win 4-2 Colten Ellis with 26 saves in his NHL debut. Jack Quinn with a goal and two assists.

Red Wings pull Gibson for the extra attacker with three minutes to go.

Kulich called for holding. Red Wings on the power play with 7:11 to go in the third.

4-2 Doan with a shot from the top of the left circle. Tuch again in front of the net and Byram with some help on the drive-by for an additional screen. Moments earlier, Ellis with a huge save on DeBrincat.

Have yourself a night, Jack Quinn. With Tuch screening Gibson, he fires one from above the slot on the power play. 3-2 Sabres

Sabres say Jason Zucker won't return to the game. Upper-body.

Sabres to the power play. Michael Rasmussen sits for tripping.

After 40: Sabres and Red Wings tied 2-2. Shots on goal are 26-16 for Buffalo.

Red Wings tie it with 1:40 left in the second. Emmitt Finnie in front off a feed from Dylan Larkin.

2-1 Sabres Kozak scores for a second straight game, off some nice work by Quinn.

Insane play from Jack Quinn and Jason Zucker 🤩 #LetsGoBuffalo

Zucker ties it 1-1. Finishes off sort of a give-and-go on a 2-on-1 with Quinn.

Tuch with a ping at one end as the penalty expires. Then Ellis comes up with a big stop on a Larkin breakaway out of the box.

Sabres now head to the power play. Larkin off for high-sticking.

1-0 Red Wings Albert Johansson sends a shot to the net and J.T. Compher is in front to put it in.

After 20: Sabres and Red Wings tied 0-0. Shots on goal are 11-5 for Buffalo.

Ellis comes up with a big stop on Marco Kasper (aka his number counterpart) on a breakaway.

Ellis faces his first shot just past the 10-minute mark and makes the save.

Just over seven and a half minutes into his NHL debut, Colten Ellis still waiting for his first shot on goal. Sabres outshooting Detroit 7-0.

Sabres back to the power play after James van Riemsdyk gets called for hooking.

Beck Malenstyn with the moves around Simon Edvinsson for a chance and gets tripped up in the process. Sabres to the power play 35 seconds in.

Game on.

Sabres starters: Krebs-Kozak-Malenstyn; Power-Timmins; Ellis Red Wings: Finnie-Larkin-Raymond; Chiarot-Seider; Gibson

Colten Ellis takes his rookie lap:

Lindy Ruff said no set date yet for Jordan Greenway to return. Luukkonen will play in Rochester and they'll evaluate from there. Jacob Bryson and Michael Kesselring both skated this morning. Ruff is hopeful Kesselring can return to practice by the weekend.

Colten Ellis is in the starter’s net as the Sabres’ morning skate gets going. Would be his NHL debut. Beck Malenstyn is back after a couple of days off to welcome a new baby. Jacob Bryson (concussion protocol) remains absent.

Josh Dunne has been reassigned to Rochester.

New start times for both games of the Sabres’ back-to-back against the Maple Leafs this weekend: - Friday at KeyBank Center is now 7 p.m. (was 7:30) - Saturday at Toronto is at 5 p.m. (was 7 p.m.)

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen is headed to Rochester on a conditioning assignment and Zac Jones has been reassigned to the Amerks.

Final: Sabres fall 4-2

Jake Evans scores into the empty net with 30 seconds left. 4-2

With Lyon off for the extra attacker, Dahlin fires a shot on goal that bounces off Dobes' to Byram down low for a quick shot, but Dobes' makes the save.

A skirmish behind the Sabres' net ends up in 4-on-4. Thompson and Slafkovsky each get two for roughing.

Kozak in the crease to put a Quinn pass by Dobes and cut it to 3-2.

3-1 Hutson with a shot from the slot that trickles through Lyon.

Benson trips Caufield, Canadiens to the power play. Horn sounded for a goal on the delayed penalty but the shot hit the post.

Sabres come close to responding. Zucker feeds Quinn on a 2-on-1 after Carrier's shatters at the Buffalo blue line, Dobes with the save.

2-1 Canadiens. Slafkovsky in front off a feed from Dobson.

After 40: Sabres and Canadiens tied 1-1. Shots on goal are 18-17 for Montreal.

Sabres get the first power play of the night. Gallagher off for slashing Lyon.

1-1 Kulich slips a backhand past his countryman Dobes to tie it.

Benson with a backhand from in front, Dobes with the toe save. Samuelsson with the feed from behind the net to Benson.

After 20: Canadiens lead the Sabres 1-0. Shots on goal are 14-6 for Montreal. Dahlin appeared to be slow to get up after Josh Anderson sort of tackled him near the boards.

A bit of a kerfuffle at the Montreal net after Kulich is stopped by Dobes. Ends with Metsa and Slafkovsky each getting two for roughing. 4-on-4 for the next two minutes.

1-0 Canadiens Oliver Kapanen slides a backhand under Lyon's pads.

Game on.

Sabres starters: Benson-Kulich-Thompson; Power-Timmins; Lyon

Zach Metsa takes his solo lap ahead of his NHL debut

Beck Malenstyn is out for personal reasons, Lindy Ruff said. “Adding to the hockey family.” Bryson is “doing a lot better”, still in concussion protocol. Ruff wouldn’t divulge lineup info but it looks like Zach Metsa will make his NHL debut. Was off the ice early.

Beck Malenstyn is *not* on IR, per the NHL Media Site. We’ll get clarification when we speak to Lindy Ruff.