Senators at Capitals preview

SENATORS (21-30-10) at CAPITALS (35-21-7)
7 p.m. ET; TSN5, RDS, NBCSWA, NHL.TV

Ovechkin scored his 597th goal in a 5-1 loss against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday. He leads the League with 39 goals and would become the 20th player to score 600.
The Capitals, 2-4-0 in their past six games, are in second place in the Metropolitan Division, one point behind the Philadelphia Flyers.
Ottawa will defenseman Erik Karlsson in the lineup after not trading before the NHL Trade Deadline, which came at 3 p.m. ET on Monday. The two-time Norris Trophy winner (2012, 2015) is two points from 500 for his career.
The Senators have lost four in a row (0-3-1) and are 17 points behind the Blue Jackets for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference.

Players to watch

Senators forward Mark Stone has nine points (one goal, eight assists) during a five-game point streak.
Capitals goalie Philipp Grubauer has won his past three starts, and in 19 games dating to Oct. 29, he's 7-5-2 with a .936 save percentage and 1.98 goals-against average.

They said it

"We come in to win every game because everything we do matters. It matters for now. It matters for our decisions that we're going to take this summer. It matters for the beginning of next year so that we know what we want to do, what we want to take out, what we want to change, what we want to keep and who's going to be there to do the job for us." -- Senators coach Guy Boucher
"I can't wait. It's really exciting for me after not playing for almost a month. I just want to enjoy the game and help the team to a big win." -- Capitals defenseman Jakub Jerabek, who last played Feb. 1 while with the Montreal Canadiens

Senators projected lineup

Mike Hoffman -- Matt Duchene -- Magnus Paajarvi
Bobby Ryan -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Mark Stone
Ryan Dzingel -- Zack Smith -- Marian Gaborik
Max McCormick -- Jim O'Brien -- Tom Pyatt
Fredrik Claesson -- Erik Karlsson
Thomas Chabot -- Cody Ceci
Mark Borowiecki -- Ben Harpur
Mike Condon
Craig Anderson
Scratched:Erik Burgdoerfer
Injured:Chris Wideman (hamstring)
Suspended:Alexandre Burrows

Capitals projected lineup

Alex Ovechkin -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Tom Wilson
Jakub Vrana -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- T.J. Oshie
Brett Connolly -- Lars Eller -- Andre Burakovsky
Chandler Stephenson -- Jay Beagle -- Devante Smith-Pelly
Dmitry Orlov -- Matt Niskanen
Michal Kempny -- John Carlson
Brooks Orpik -- Jakub Jerabek
Philipp Grubauer
Braden Holtby
Scratched: Madison Bowey, Christian Djoos, Alex Chiasson, Travis Boyd
Injured: None

Status report

Burrows will serve the final game of the 10-game suspension he received Feb. 8 for an incident against the New Jersey Devils on Feb. 6. … Jerabek will play his first game for the Capitals after being acquired in a trade with the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday.

Stat pack

Duchene has 12 points (five goals, seven assists) in his past 10 games. … The Capitals are 8-8-4 in 20 games since Jan. 11.