Senators at Capitals

SENATORS (11-20-2) at CAPITALS (22-10-9)

Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Josh Norris -- Drake Batherson
Alex Formenton --
Tim Stutzle
-- Zach Sanford
Nick Paul -- Dylan Gambrell -- Austin Watson
Clark Bishop
-- Chris Tierney -- Adam Gaudette
Thomas Chabot --
Jacob Bernard-Docker
Nick Holden -- Artem Zub
Erik Brannstrom -- Josh Brown
Matt Murray
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Dillon Heatherington, Victor Mete, Tyler Ennis, Filip Gustavsson
Injured: Colin White (shoulder), Shane Pinto (upper body), Connor Brown (broken jaw), Nikita Zaitsev (lower body)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Garnet Hathaway
Aliaksei Protas -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Tom Wilson
Connor McMichael -- Lars Eller -- Conor Sheary
Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Brett Leason
Martin Fehervary -- Justin Schultz
Michal Kempny -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Dennis Cholowski -- Matt Irwin
Vitek Vanecek
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Daniel Sprong
Injured: T.J. Oshie (upper body), Nick Jensen (upper body), Anthony Mantha (shoulder)
Suspended: Dmitry Orlov
COVID-19 protocol: John Carlson
Status report
Murray will start after missing two games with a non-COVID-19 illness. ... Sheary was removed from COVID-19 protocol and is expected to play. … Jensen, a defenseman who left in the second period of a 4-3 loss at the Boston Bruins on Thursday, is day-to-day. … Orlov, a defenseman, will serve the second of a two-game suspension for kneeing Winnipeg Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers during the third period of a 4-3 overtime win Tuesday.