Sabres at Capitals

SABRES (33-28-5) at CAPITALS (32-29-7)

Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
JJ Peterka -- Dylan Cozens -- Jack Quinn
Jordan Greenway -- Tyson Jost -- Casey Mittelstadt
Zemgus Girgensons -- Peyton Krebs - - Kyle Okposo
Rasmus Dahlin -- Jacob Bryson
Owen Power -- Henri Jokiharju
Riley Stillman -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Craig Anderson
Scratched: Victor Olofsson, Vinnie Hinostroza, Kale Clague
Injured: Eric Comrie (lower body), Mattias Samuelsson (upper body)
Capitals projected lineup
Conor Sheary -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Tom Wilson
Anthony Mantha -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Craig Smith
Joe Snively -- Dylan Strome -- T.J. Oshie
Aliaksei Protas
-- Nic Dowd -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Rasmus Sandin -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Martin Fehervary -- Nick Jensen
Matt Irwin -- Alexander Alexeyev
Charlie Lindgren
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched: Gabriel Carlsson
Injured: Alex Ovechkin (lower body), Sonny Milano (illness), John Carlson (head), Carl Hagelin (hip), Connor Brown (knee)
Status report
Luukkonen is expected to make his second start in three games. ... The Capitals did not hold a morning skate Wednesday following a 5-3 loss at the New York Rangers on Tuesday. ... Lindgren could start after Kuemper started the previous eight games, including when he made 31 saves Tuesday. ... Ovechkin's status for Wednesday is uncertain after the forward missed the game Tuesday.