SABRES (46-22-8) at CAPITALS (38-29-9)
7 p.m. ET; MNMT, MSG-B
Sabres projected lineup
Peyton Krebs -- Tage Thompson -- Josh Doan
Jason Zucker -- Josh Norris -- Alex Tuch
Zach Benson -- Ryan McLeod -- Jack Quinn
Jordan Greenway -- Tyson Kozak -- Beck Malenstyn
Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin
Bowen Byram -- Owen Power
Logan Stanley -- Zach Metsa
Alex Lyon
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Scratched: Josh Dunne, Michael Kesseling, Conor Timmins, Luke Schenn, Tanner Pearson, Colten Ellis
Injured: Noah Ostlund (upper body), Jiri Kulich (blood clot), Justin Danforth (lower body), Sam Carrick (arm)
Capitals projected lineup
Aliaksei Protas -- Dylan Strome -- Alex Ovechkin
Connor McMichael -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Tom Wilson
Anthony Beauvillier -- Justin Sourdif -- Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime -- Hendrix Lapierre -- Ethen Frank
Martin Fehervary -- Rasmus Sandin
Jakub Chychrun -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Cole Hutson -- Matt Roy
Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Ivan Miroshnichenko, David Kampf, Declan Chisholm, Dylan McIlrath, Timothy Liljegren
Injured: None
Status report
The Sabres did not hold a morning skate. … The Capitals held an optional morning skate. … Protas will return after missing two games because of an upper-body injury. … Frank will return after missing three games because of a lower-body injury and two as a healthy scratch. … Ovechkin and Chychrun did not take part in the skate, but each will play.
