Capitals at Sabres

CAPITALS (29-26-6) at SABRES (30-23-4)

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Tom Wilson
Sonny Milano -- Dylan Strome -- T.J. Oshie
Craig Smith -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Conor Sheary
Lars Eller -- Nic Dowd -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Martin Fehervary -- Nick Jensen
Erik Gustafsson -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Matt Irwin --
Dylan McIlrath
Charlie Lindgren
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched: Alexander Alexeyev, Aliaksei Protas
Injured: John Carlson (head), Carl Hagelin (hip), Connor Brown (knee), Anthony Mantha (upper body), Marcus Johansson (illness)
Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Victor Olofsson
JJ Peterka -- Dylan Cozens -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Casey Mittelstadt -- Peyton Krebs -- Jack Quinn
Zemgus Girgensons -- Tyson Jost -- Kyle Okposo
Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin
Owen Power -- Henri Jokiharju
Kale Clague -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Jacob Bryson, Rasmus Asplund, Craig Anderson
Injured: Alex Tuch (undisclosed)
Status report
Lindgren is expected to start after Kuemper made 23 saves in a 6-3 win against the New York Rangers on Saturday. … Tuch was placed on injured reserve. The forward did not play the final seven and a half minutes of Buffalo's 3-1 win against the Florida Panthers on Friday. ... Hinostroza was recalled from Rochester of the American Hockey League on Sunday. … If Luukkonen starts, it would be his first appearance since being pulled after allowing four goals on 10 shots in the first period of a 6-3 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday.