Buffalo Sabres (4-4-2, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Washington Capitals (5-4, in the Metropolitan Division)

Washington; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The Washington Capitals and the Buffalo Sabres face off in Eastern Conference play.

Washington is 5-4 overall and 4-2-0 at home. The Capitals are 1-2-0 in games they serve more penalty minutes than their opponents.

Buffalo has a 1-1-2 record in road games and a 4-4-2 record overall. The Sabres have given up 36 goals while scoring 28 for a -8 scoring differential.

The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams.

INJURIES: Capitals: Justin Sourdif: out (illness), Rasmus Sandin: out (knee), Patrick Thomas: out (upper-body), Pierre-Luc Dubois: out (illness), Logan Thompson: day to day (lower-body).

Sabres: Matt Grzelcyk: out (lower-body), Conor Timmins: out (lower-body), Justin Danforth: out (upper-body), Sam Carrick: out (upper body), Alex Lyon: out (upper-body), Jack Rathbone: out (undisclosed).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.