Capitals at Senators

CAPITALS (1-1-0) at SENATORS (2-1-0)

7 p.m. ET; RDS, SN, MNMT

Capitals projected lineup

Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Tom Wilson

Connor McMichael -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- T.J. Oshie

Sonny Milano -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Matthew Phillips

Beck Malenstyn -- Nic Dowd -- Anthony Mantha

Rasmus Sandin -- John Carlson

Martin Fehervary -- Trevor van Riemsdyk

Alexander Alexeyev -- Nick Jensen

Darcy Kuemper

Clay Stevenson

Scratched: Lucas Johansen, Aliaksei Protas

Injured: Joel Edmundson (hand), Max Pacioretty (Achilles), Charlie Lindgren (undisclosed)

Senators projected lineup

Brady Tkachuk -- Tim Stutzle -- Claude Giroux

Mathieu Joseph -- Ridly Greig -- Vladimir Tarasenko

Dominik Kubalik -- Josh Norris -- Drake Batherson

Parker Kelly -- Rourke Chartier -- Mark Kastelic

Jakob Chychrun -- Thomas Chabot

Jake Sanderson -- Artem Zub

Erik Brannstrom -- Travis Hamonic

Anton Forsberg

Joonas Korpisalo

Scratched: Zack MacEwen

Injured: None

Status report

The Capitals held an optional morning skate Wednesday. … Washington coach Spencer Carbery mixed up his top nine forwards in practice Tuesday, promoting Strome and Wilson to the first line, dropping Oshie to the second line, and moving Backstrom to the third line. … Dowd and Carlson each took a maintenance day Tuesday but each is expected to play. … Norris is expected to make his season debut and play his first game since re-injuring his shoulder Jan. 21. ... Stutzle missed practice Tuesday for maintenance, but participateed in the Senators morning skate Wednesday and will play. … Forsberg was in the starter's crease during the morning skate; Korpisalo made 22 saves in a 5-2 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday.