#### **SABRES (10-25-7) at CAPITALS (28-11-4)********Sabres projected lineup**Jeff Skinner -- Sam Reinhart -- Victor OlofssonRasmus Asplund -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Tage ThompsonAnders Bjork -- Dylan Cozens -- Arttu RuotsalainenTobias Rieder -- Cody Eakin -- Kyle OkposoJacob Bryson -- Rasmus RistolainenRasmus Dahlin -- Henri JokiharjuMatt Irwin -- Colin MillerDustin TokarskiMichael Houser***Scratched:**Drake Caggiula****Injured:****Linus Ullmark (lower body), Riley Sheahan (upper body) Carter Hutton (lower body), Jack Eichel (upper body), Will Borgen (forearm)***Capitals projected lineup**Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Tom WilsonAnthony Mantha -- Nicklas Backstrom -- T.J. OshieConor Sheary -- Lars Eller -- Daniel SprongCarl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet HathawayDmitry Orlov -- John CarlsonBrenden Dillon -- Justin SchultzZdeno Chara -- Nick JensenVitek VanecekCraig Anderson***Scratched:**Trevor van Riemsdyk****Injured:**Michael Raffl (upper body), Ilya Samsonov (upper body)***Status report**The Sabres had no update on goalie Ullmark, who left a 3-2 shootout loss to the Boston Bruins in the first period on Tuesday. … Sheahan, a forward who sat out the third period against the Bruins after a hit by Nick Ritchie in the second period, is day to day. … The Sabres announced Wednesday that Eichel, a forward, will miss the remainder of the season. … Goalie Samsonov is day to day. … Raffl, a forward acquired in a trade with the Flyers on Monday, remains day to day and has not yet skated with the team. … Backstrom will play his 1,000th NHL game.
