Sabres at Capitals projected lineups

SABRES (4-4-2) at CAPITALS (5-4-0)

7 p.m. ET; MNMT, MSG-B

Sabres projected lineup

Jason Zucker -- Tage Thompson -- Konsta Helenius

Ryan McLeod -- Josh Norris -- Josh Doan

Tyson Kozak -- Peyton Krebs -- Beck Malenstyn

Rasmus Dahlin -- Mattias Samuelsson

Olen Zellweger -- Owen Power

Zach Metsa -- Louis Crevier

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Colten Ellis

*Scratched: Dennis Gilbert*

*Injured: Jiri Kulich (upper body), Justin Danforth (upper body), Sam Carrick (middle body), Matt Grzelcyk (lower body), Alex Lyon (upper body), Conor Timmins (lower body)*

Capitals projected lineup

Alex Tuch -- Dylan Strome -- Jordan Kyrou

Alaiksei Protas -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Tom Wilson

Alex Ovechkin -- Ilya Protas -- Anthony Beauvillier

Boone Jenner -- Justin Sourdif -- Ryan Leonard

Jakob Chychrun -- Matt Roy

Martin Fehervary -- Timothy Liljegren

Cole Hutson -- Dylan McIlrath

Charlie Lindgren

Mitch Gibson

*Scratched: Ethen Frank, Ivan Miroshnichenko*

*Injured: Rasmus Sandin (knee), Logan Thompson (lower body), Vincent Desharnais (appendectomy)*

Status report

Each team held an optional morning skate. … Kulich did not travel to Washington; the forward left practice on Friday after taking a puck to the face during power-play drills. ... Thompson, a goalie, faced some shots at the beginning of the Capitals morning skate and is day to day. … Dubois and Sourdif each will return from an illness; Dubois missed five games, Sourdif two. ... Desharnais, a defenseman, had surgery and was placed on injured reserve Friday. … Gibson was recalled from Hershey of the American Hockey League on Friday and will back up Lindgren.