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Buffalo Sabres

The Sabres have cancelled practice this morning due to a member of the hockey staff entering COVID-19 protocols. They are scheduled to play the Boston Bruins tonight. 

The team had a COVID-19 outbreak in early February, causing six games to be postponed. 

Buffalo is in the midst of a 12-game winless skid and fired head coach Ralph Krueger and assistant coach Steve Smith on Wednesday. Don Granato is serving as interim head coach with development coaches Matt Ellis and Dan Girardi also behind the bench. 

The Sabres are last in the NHL with a 6-18-4 record and 16 points. 

Boston Bruins

The Bruins' pre-game skate at KeyBank Center in Buffalo has been cancelled due to a Bruins player entering the league's COVID-19 protocols. 

Scheduled to face the Sabres tonight, Buffalo also cancelled their morning practice due to a member of their staff entering COVID-19 protocols. 

The Bruins are 15-8-4 this season with 34 points as they sit fourth in the East Division. 

Toronto Maple Leafs

The team announced on Thursday that forward Nic Petan had been reassigned to the club's taxi squad.

Petan, 25, has skated in seven games with the Leafs this season, notching an assist.

In two games with the American Hockey League's Marlies, the Delta, BC native has two goals and one assist this season.

Leafs lines at practice:

Thornton-Matthews-Marner
Galchenyuk-Tavares-Nylander
Mikheyev-Kerfoot-Hyman
Simmonds-Engvall-Spezza

Rielly-Brodie 
Muzzin-Holl
Dermott-Bogosian 

Andersen
Campbell 

SRS: Petan, Barabanov, Boyd, Liljegren, Hutchinson

Columbus Blue Jackets

The Blue Jackets have placed forward Emil Bemstrom on the injured reserve and recalled forwards Mikhail Grigorenko, Stefan Matteau and Ryan MacInnis from the club's taxi squad. The team has also been granted a roster exemption with Alexandre Texier on the COVID-19 protocols list.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Per The Athletic's Joe Smith, Andrei Vasilevskiy is expected to start for the Lightning tonight against the Chicago Blackhawks. 

Vasilevskiy, 26, is 18-3-1 this season with a .932 save percentage and 1.90 GAA.