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Vanek out for Sabres against Capitals

Saturday, 03.30.2013 / 1:21 PM

By Chris Ryndak - NHL.com Correspondent / 2012-2013 At the Rink blog

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Vanek out for Sabres against Capitals

BUFFALO -- Thomas Vanek will miss his second straight game with an upper-body injury when the Buffalo Sabres take on the Washington Capitals at First Niagara Center on Saturday.

Sabres interim coach Ron Rolston said Vanek possibly could return on Sunday for Buffalo’s home game against the Boston Bruins.

Vanek, Buffalo's leading scorer, took part in the team’s optional skate Saturday morning.

“He was out there today and moving, but he’s not where he needs to be,” Rolston said.

Washington defenseman Jeff Schultz will return to its lineup after sitting out the past four games as a healthy scratch.

“Sometimes you ask a guy to step back and re-evaluate themselves. We’ve got two games in two nights and we need him,” Capitals coach Adam Oates said. “We need his size and he need him to be a force. Hopefully it [was] a little bit of a wake-up call.”

Jhonas Enroth will start in goal for Buffalo against Braden Holtby. Each team plays three games in the next four nights.

Here are the projected lineups for Saturday:

CAPITALS

Marcus Johansson – Nicklas Backstrom – Alexander Ovechkin

Brooks Laich – Mike Ribeiro – Troy Brouwer

Jason Chimera - Mathieu Perreault – Joel Ward

Matt Hendricks – Jay Beagle – Wojtek Wolski

Karl Alzner – Mike Green

Jack Hillen – John Carlson

Jeff Schultz – Steve Oleksy

Braden Holtby

Michal Neuvirth

Scratched: Dmitry Orlov, Aaron Volpatti

Injured: John Erskine (upper body), Tom Poti (back), Eric Fehr (upper body), Tomas Kundratek (knee)

SABRES

Steve Ott – Cody Hodgson – Jason Pominville

Ville Leino – Tyler Ennis – Drew Stafford

Marcus Foligno – Kevin Porter – Brian Flynn

Nathan Gerbe – Jochen Hecht – Patrick Kaleta

Christian Ehrhoff – Alexander Sulzer

Tyler Myers – Robyn Regehr

Jordan Leopold – Mike Weber

Jhonas Enroth

Ryan Miller

Scratched: John Scott, Mark Pysyk

Injured: Thomas Vanek (upper body), Alexander Sulzer (lower body)

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