CAPITALS (31-23-7) at CANADIENS (32-17-9)
7 p.m. ET; TVAS, CITY, SNE, MNMT
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Anthony Beauvillier
Aliaksei Protas — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom Wilson
Connor McMichael — Justin Sourdif — Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Ethen Frank
Martin Fehervary — Rasmus Sandin
Jakob Chychrun — Matt Roy
Declan Chisholm — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Charlie Lindgren
Logan Thompson
Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Hendrix Lapierre
Injured: John Carlson (lower body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Kirby Dach
Juraj Slafkovsky — Oliver Kapanen — Ivan Demidov
Alex Newhook — Jake Evans — Zachary Bolduc
Josh Anderson — Phillip Danault — Brendan Gallagher
Mike Matheson — Kaiden Guhle
Lane Hutson — Noah Dobson
Jayden Struble — Alexandre Carrier
Jakub Dobes
Samuel Montembeault
Scratched: Arber Xhekaj, Joe Veleno, Alexandre Texier
Injured: Patrik Laine (lower body)
Status report
The Capitals did not hold a morning skate following a 3-2 win against the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday. … Lindgren will start after Thompson made 24 saves Friday. … Bolduc and Struble will play after each was a healthy scratch for a 4-3 overtime loss to the New York Islanders on Thursday; Texier, a forward, and Xhekaj, a defenseman, will be left out of the lineup.
