Capitals at Sabres

CAPITALS (35-20-10) at SABRES (23-33-8)

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Marcus Johansson
Anthony Mantha -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Conor Sheary
Connor McMichael -- Lars Eller -- Tom Wilson
Axel Jonsson-Fjallby -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Matt Irwin -- Justin Schultz
Ilya Samsonov
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Michal Kempny
Injured: Joe Snively (upper body), Carl Hagelin (eye), Trevor van Riemsdyk (upper body) T.J. Oshie (lower body), Johan Larsson (lower body)
Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
Peyton Krebs -- Dylan Cozens -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Rasmus Asplund -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Victor Olofsson
Zemgus Girgensons -- Cody Eakin -- Kyle Okposo
Rasmus Dahlin -- Henri Jokiharju
Mattias Samuelsson -- Jacob Bryson
Colin Miller -- Mark Pysyk
Dustin Tokarski
Craig Anderson
Scratched: Anders Bjork, Will Butcher, Casey Fitzgerald
Injured: Malcolm Subban (upper body), Drake Caggiula (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: John Hayden
Status report
Dowd is expected to return after missing two games with an upper-body injury. ... Samsonov will start for the first time since making 17 saves in a 4-3 shootout win at the Carolina Hurricanes on March 18. ... The Sabres held an optional morning skate Friday. ... Tokarski will start for the first time since making 24 saves in a 1-0 win at the Calgary Flames on March 18.