Sabres at Capitals

SABRES (18-15-2) at CAPITALS (21-13-5)

Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
JJ Peterka -- Dylan Cozens -- Jack Quinn
Casey Mittelstadt -- Tyson Jost -- Victor Olofsson
Zemgus Girgensons -- Peyton Krebs -- Kyle Okposo
Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin
Owen Power -- Kale Clague
Jacob Bryson -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Craig Anderson
Scratched: Rasmus Asplund, Vinnie Hinostroza, Casey Fitzgerald
Injured: Henri Jokiharju (lower body)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Conor Sheary
Sonny Milano -- Dylan Strome -- Anthony Mantha
Marcus Johansson -- Lars Eller -- T.J. Oshie
Aliaksei Protas -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Erik Gustafsson -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Martin Fehervary -- Matt Irwin
Darcy Kuemper
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Alexander Alexeyev, Lucas Johansen, Joe Snively
Injured: Nicklas Backstrom (hip surgery), Tom Wilson (torn ACL), Connor Brown (torn ACL), Carl Hagelin (hip surgery), Beck Malenstyn (upper body), John Carlson (face)
Status report
The Sabres did not hold a morning skate Tuesday. ... Buffalo assigned goalie Eric Comrie to Rochester of the American Hockey League for conditioning; he has missed 18 games with a lower-body injury. ... Oshie will be a game-time decision; the forward has missed six games with an upper-body injury. … Backstrom, a center, exited COVID-19 protocol and resumed his recovery from hip surgery. … Kuemper will make his fourth start in six games.