Senators at Capitals

SENATORS (15-16-3) at CAPITALS (20-13-4)

Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk --
Tim Stutzle
-- Claude Giroux
Alex DeBrincat -- Shane Pinto -- Drake Batherson
Parker Kelly -- Dylan Gambrell -- Jake Lucchini
Derick Brassard -- Mark Kastelic -- Austin Watson
Thomas Chabot -- Jacob Bernard-Docker
Jake Sanderson -- Travis Hamonic
Nick Holden -- Dillon Heatherington
Cam Talbot
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Jacob Larsson
Injured: Josh Norris (shoulder), Artem Zub (jaw), Mathieu Joseph (lower body), Erik Brannstrom (lower body), Tyler Motte (finger), Rourke Chartier (upper body), Nikita Zaitsev (lower body)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Conor Sheary
Sonny Milano -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Anthony Mantha
Marcus Johansson -- Lars Eller -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Aliaksei Protas -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Erik Gustafsson -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Alexander Alexeyev -- Matt Irwin
Darcy Kuemper
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Joe Snively
Injured: Tom Wilson (torn ACL), Connor Brown (torn ACL), Carl Hagelin (hip surgery), Beck Malenstyn (upper body), Martin Fehervary (upper body), T.J. Oshie (upper body), John Carlson (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Nicklas Backstrom
Status report
The Senators did not hold a morning skate Thursday. … Bernard-Docker returns after missing 27 games because of an ankle sprain. … Zaitsev, a defenseman, was placed on injured reserve; he left during the first period of a 3-2 shootout win against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday after blocking a shot. …. Larsson, a defenseman, was recalled from Belleville of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. … Oshie took part in the Capitals morning skate Thursday in a full-contact jersey after wearing a non-contact jersey at practice on Wednesday; the forward will miss his fifth straight game.