OTTAWA -- Here are the projected lineups the Washington Capitals and Ottawa Senators likely will go with Tuesday when they play at Scotiabank Place:
CAPITALS
Alex Ovechkin - Jay Beagle - Joey Crabb
Wojtek Wolski - Nicklas Backstrom - Troy Brouwer
Jason Chimera - Mike Ribeiro - Joel Ward
Matt Hendricks - Mathieu Perreault - Eric Fehr
Jeff Schultz - Tomas Kundratek
Scratched: Tom Poti, Roman Hamrlik, Marcus Johansson
Injured: Brooks Laich, Jack Hillen
Laich joined the team Monday, and is expected to skate with the Capitals for the first time this season on Tuesday.
SENATORS
Guillaume Latendresse - Kyle Turris - Daniel Alfredsson
Milan Michalek - Peter Regin - Jakob Silfverberg
Colin Greening - Zack Smith - Chris Neil
Jim O'Brien - Mika Zibanejad - Erik Condra
Sergei Gonchar - Mark Borowiecki
Patrick Wiercioch - Chris Phillips
Scratched: Andre Benoit, Kaspars Daugavins
Injured: Jason Spezza
Spezza will sit out with an upper-body injury sustained in Sunday's game against the Penguins.
OTTAWA -- Jason Spezza will not play against the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night due to an upper-body injury.
The Ottawa Senators' top center was absent from practice Monday and Tuesday. According to coach Paul MacLean, Spezza was injured during Ottawa's game Sunday against the Pittsburgh Penguins. MacLean also said he didn't know if Spezza would be available for the Senators' next game, against Montreal on Wednesday.
Peter Regin will take Spezza's spot in the lineup, flanked by Milan Michalek and Jakob Silfverberg.
OTTAWA – Here are the projected lineups for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Ottawa Senators on Sunday evening at Scotiabank Place. Because of the 5 p.m. start, the Senators did not practice, but the Penguins held an optional skate.
PENGUINS
Chris Kunitz – Sidney Crosby – Pascal Dupuis
Tyler Kennedy – Evgeni Malkin – James Neal
Dustin Jeffrey – Brandon Sutter – Matt Cooke
Eric Tangradi – Joe Vitale – Craig Adams
Tanner Glass went hard into the boards during the Penguins’ game against Winnipeg on Friday, and was held out of practice in Ottawa on Saturday. Jeffrey, who has been a healthy scratch for the past three games, took his place in the lineup. Glass participated in the optional skate on Sunday, so his status may be a game time decision.
Scratches: Robert Bortuzzo, Simon Despres
SENATORS
Milan Michalek – Jason Spezza – Jakob Silfverberg
Zack Smith – Kyle Turris – Daniel Alfredsson
Colin Greening – Peter Regin – Chris Neil
Kaspars Daugavins – Jim O’Brien – Erik Condra
Chris Phillips – Sergei Gonchar
Mark Borowiecki – Andre Benoit
Injured: Guillaume Latendresse
Scratches: Patrick Wiercioch
OTTAWA -- Here are the projected lineups for the Florida Panthers and Ottawa Senators on Monday night at Scotiabank Place:
PANTHERS
Tomas Fleischmann – Stephen Weiss – Scottie Upshall
Jonathan Huberdeau – Peter Mueller – Alex Kovalev
Tomas Kopecky – Shawn Matthias – Mike Santorelli
Jack Skille – Jerred Smithson – George Parros
Ed Jovanovski – Keaton Ellerby
Injured: Kris Versteeg, Marcel Goc, Sean Bergenheim, Erik Gubranson
Scratches: Michael Caruso, Tyson Strachan
SENATORS
Milan Michalek – Jason Spezza – Jakob Silfverberg
Guillaume Latendresse – Kyle Turris – Daniel Alfredsson
Colin Greening – Zack Smith – Chris Neil
Peter Regin – Jim O'Brien – Erik Condra
Chris Phillips – Sergei Gonchar
Patrick Wiercioch – Andre Benoit
Injured: Jared Cowen, Mike Lundin
Scratches: Mark Borowiecki, Kaspars Daugavins, Ben Bishop