SENATORS (34-23-9) at CAPITALS (33-27-8)
7:30 p.m. ET; MNMT, SN, TVAS
Senators projected lineup
Drake Batherson — Tim Stutzle — Claude Giroux
Brady Tkachuk — Dylan Cozens — Ridly Greig
Nick Cousins — Shane Pinto — Michael Amadio
Warren Foegele — Lars Eller — Fabian Zetterlund
Thomas Chabot — Artem Zub
Tyler Kleven — Jordan Spence
Dennis Gilbert — Nikolas Matinpalo
Linus Ullmark
James Reimer
Scratched: Stephen Halliday, Kurtis MacDermid, Lassi Thomson
Injured: Jake Sanderson (upper body), Nick Jensen (lower body)
Capitals projected lineup
Anthony Beauvillier — Dylan Strome — Alex Ovechkin
Aleksei Protas — Hendrix Lapierre — Tom Wilson
Connor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime — Justin Sourdif — Ethen Frank
Martin Fehervary — Rasmus Sandin
Jakub Chychrun — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Cole Hutson — Matt Roy
Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: David Kampf, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Timothy Liljegren, Declan Chisholm, Dylan McIlrath
Injured: None
Status report
The Senators will dress the same lineup they used in a 7-4 win against the San Jose Sharks on Sunday. … Jensen, a defenseman, will have meniscus surgery and be out for at least six weeks, coach Travis Green said Wednesday. … Hutson will make his NHL debut.