Sabres at Capitals

SABRES (1-3-1) at CAPITALS (3-0-2)

Sabres projected lineup
Taylor Hall -- Jack Eichel -- Sam Reinhart
Victor Olofsson -- Eric Staal -- Casey Mittelstadt
Tobias Rieder -- Cody Eakin -- Kyle Okposo
Jeff Skinner -- Curtis Lazar -- Riley Sheahan
Jake McCabe -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Rasmus Dahlin -- Colin Miller
Brandon Montour -- Henri Jokiharju
Linus Ullmark
Jonas Johansson
Scratched:Matt Irwin, Tage Thompson
Injured:Carter Hutton (upper body)
Capitals projected lineup
Jakub Vrana -- Nicklas Backstrom -- T.J. Oshie
Richard Panik -- Lars Eller - Conor Sheary
Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Daniel Sprong -- Brian Pinho -- Connor McMichael
Brenden Dillon -- John Carlson
Zdeno Chara -- Justin Schultz
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Vitek Vanecek
Craig Anderson
Scratched:Martin Fehervary, Nick Jensen
Injured:Tom Wilson (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol:Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov, Ilya Samsonov
Status report
The Sabres recalled Mittelstadt from and loaned forward Dylan Cozens to the taxi squad. ... Okposo will make his season debut after missing five games with a lower-body injury. ... McMichael will make his NHL debut. .. Wilson, a forward is day to day after leaving in the third period of a 4-3 shootout win against the Sabres on Friday. ... Van Riemsdyk will play his first game for the Capitals.