CANADIENS (26-14-6) at CAPITALS (23-17-6)
7 p.m. ET; MNMT, TSN2, RDS
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Alexandre Texier
Juraj Slafkovsky — Oliver Kapanen — Ivan Demidov
Josh Anderson — Phillip Danault — Brendan Gallagher
Sammy Blais — Joe Veleno — Zachary Bolduc
Mike Matheson — Noah Dobson
Lane Hutson — Alexandre Carrier
Kaiden Guhle — Arber Xhekaj
Sam Montembeault
Jacob Fowler
Scratched: Jakub Dobes, Jayden Struble, Owen Beck
Injured: Patrik Laine (lower body), Kirby Dach (broken foot), Jake Evans (lower body), Alex Newhook (broken ankle)
Capitals projected lineup
Aliaksei Protas — Dylan Strome – Alex Ovechkin
Anthony Beauvillier — Connor McMichael — Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Ethen Frank
Sonny Milano — Hendrix Lapierre — Brett Leason
Martin Fehervary — John Carlson
Jakob Chychrun — Matt Roy
Rasmus Sandin — Dylan McIlrath
Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Declan Chisholm, Trevor van Riemsdyk
Injured: Pierre-Luc Dubois (lower body), Tom Wilson (lower body), Justin Sourdif (upper body)
Status report
The Canadiens did not hold a morning skate Tuesday following a 6-3 win against the Vancouver Canucks on Monday. … Anderson could return after missing six games with an upper-body injury; Montreal coach Martin St. Louis said Anderson will take warmups before a final decision is made. … Wilson remains day to day; the forward skated Tuesday in a noncontact jersey and will miss his fifth straight game. … Sourdif is also day to day; the forward did not skate after being hit in the mouth with a puck and leaving in the second period of a 3-2 loss at the Nashville Predators on Sunday. … Chychrun skated and will be a game-time decision after missing the game Sunday because of illness.
