Capitals at Sabres

CAPITALS (16-5-6) at SABRES (8-15-3)

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Aliaksei Protas
Carl Hagelin -- Lars Eller -- Conor Sheary
Daniel Sprong -- Connor McMichael -- T.J. Oshie
Beck Malenstyn -- Michael Sgarbossa -- Brett Leason
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Matt Irwin -- Justin Schultz
Vitek Vanecek
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Dennis Cholowski, Zach Fucale
Injured: Nicklas Backstrom (hip), Anthony Mantha (shoulder), Tom Wilson (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Nic Dowd, Trevor van Riemsdyk, Garnet Hathaway
Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Victor Olofsson
Brett Murray -- Dylan Cozens -- Kyle Okposo
Zemgus Girgensons -- Cody Eakin -- John Hayden
Rasmus Asplund -- Mark Jankowski -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Rasmus Dahlin -- Henri Jokiharju
Jacob Bryson -- Mark Pysyk
Robert Hagg -- Will Butcher
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Aaron Dell
Scratched:Colin Miller, Anders Bjork
Injured: Casey Mittelstadt (undisclosed), Malcolm Subban (undisclosed), Drake Caggiula (upper body), Craig Anderson (upper body), Alex Tuch (shoulder)
COVID-19 protocol: Dustin Tokarski
Status report
Wilson is day to day after leaving a 4-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday. ... Fehervary, who left with an upper-body injury Friday, will be a game-time decision. ... Hagg is expected to return after missing three games with an undisclosed injury. … Subban could return; the goalie skated with the Sabres on Friday for the first time since being injured Dec. 4.