Sabres at Capitals

SABRES (1-3-0) at CAPITALS (2-0-2)

Sabres projected lineup
Taylor Hall -- Jack Eichel -- Sam Reinhart
Victor Olofsson -- Eric Staal -- Tage Thompson
Tobias Rieder -- Cody Eakin -- Dylan Cozens
Jeff Skinner -- Curtis Lazar -- Riley Sheahan
Jake McCabe -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Rasmus Dahlin -- Colin Miller
Brandon Montour -- Henri Jokiharju
Linus Ullmark
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Matt Irwin
Injured: Carter Hutton (upper body), Kyle Okposo (lower body)
Capitals projected lineup
Jakub Vrana -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Tom Wilson
Richard Panik -- Lars Eller -- T.J. Oshie
Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Daniel Sprong --
Brian Pinho
-- Conor Sheary
Brenden Dillon -- John Carlson
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Justin Schultz
Zdeno Chara -- Nick Jensen
Vitek Vanecek
Craig Anderson
Scratched: Martin Fehervary , Trevor van Riemsdyk
Injured: None
COVID-19 protocol: Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov, Ilya Samsonov
Status report
Okposo, a forward who has yet to play this season, will be a game-time decision but is more likely to make his debut Sunday against the Capitals. … Ullmark returns after missing games against the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday and Tuesday following the death of his father. … Forwards Ovechkin and Kuznetsov, defenseman Orlov, and goalie Samsonov will be out at least four games beginning Friday.