The Ottawa Senators roll on and test their roster depth with the final home game against the Washington Capitals.

The Capitals have a strong team now and future as goaltender Logan Thompson has been extended with a six year extension worth $5.85M per season. Washington has also been working on extending Jakob Chychrun.

Washington defeated Calgary earlier in the week as winger Andrew Magipanie had his tribute in the Saddledome.

Ottawa is without Cousins for weeks; but will use the same lineup as they used against Utah. Jensen will miss his third straight. Anton Forsberg will get the go in the crease.

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Tom Wilson
Aliaksei Protas -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Connor McMichael
Taylor Raddysh -- Lars Eller -- Ethen Frank
Brandon Duhaime -- Nic Dowd -- Andrew Mangiapane

Rasmus Sandin -- John Carlson
Jakob Chychrun -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Martin Fehervary -- Matt Roy

Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren

Scratched: Alexander Alexeyev, Dylan McIlrath, Jakub Vrana

Injured: Sonny Milano (upper body)

Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Tim Stutzle -- Claude Giroux
David Perron -- Josh Norris -- Drake Batherson
Ridly Greig -- Shane Pinto -- Michael Amadio
Matthew Highmore -- Zack Ostapchuk -- Adam Gaudette

Jake Sanderson -- Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot -- Travis Hamonic
Tyler Kleven -- Nikolas Matinpalo

Anton Forsberg
Leevi Merilainen

Scratched: None

Injured: Linus Ullmark (back), Jacob Bernard-Docker (high ankle sprain), Noah Gregor (lower body), Nick Jensen (undisclosed), Nick Cousins (knee)

Players to Watch

Washington — Pierre-Luc Dubois — the revitalization project from Los Angeles, he has 4 goals in his last 5 games.

Ottawa — David Perron — still seeking his first point of the season and with the Senators.

Predicted Final Score

WSH — 4

OTT — 3

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