Sabres at Capitals

SABRES (4-6-2) at CAPITALS (7-4-3)

Sabres projected lineup
Victor Olofsson -- Jack Eichel -- Sam Reinhart
Taylor Hall -- Eric Staal -- Dylan Cozens
Tobias Rieder -- Cody Eakin -- Kyle Okposo
Jeff Skinner -- Curtis Lazar -- Riley Sheahan
Rasmus Dahlin -- Colin Miller
Matt Irwin -- Brandon Montour
Jake McCabe -- Henri Jokiharju
Linus Ullmark
Carter Hutton
Scratched: Rasmus Ristolainen, Casey Mittelstadt, Tage Thompson
Injured: None
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- T.J. Oshie
Jakub Vrana -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Tom Wilson
Conor Sheary -- Lars Eller -- Richard Panik
Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Brenden Dillon -- John Carlson
Zdeno Chara -- Justin Schultz
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Vitek Vanecek
Craig Anderson
Scratched:Daniel Sprong, Jonas Siegenthaler, Trevor van Riemsdyk
Injured:Brian Pinho (undisclosed)
Status report
Lazar and Cozens, who had each been in COVID-19 protocol, took part in the morning skate; each is a game-time decision. … Ristolainen, a defenseman who came off protocol Tuesday, is not expected to join Buffalo on its four-game road trip that begins Thursday. … Vanecek will start his 12th consecutive game. … Goalie Ilya Samsonov, who started his second game for Hershey of the American Hockey League on Wednesday, is expected to rejoin the Capitals on Friday.