CAPITALS (36-28-9) AT GOLDEN KNIGHTS (32-26-15)
10:30 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, MNMT
Capitals projected lineup
Aleksei Protas– Dylan Strome — Alex Ovechkin
Connor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom Wilson
Anthony Beauvillier — Justin Sourdif — Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime — Hendrix Lapierre — Ivan Miroshnichenko
Jakob Chychrun — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Martin Fehervary — Rasmus Sandin
Cole Hutson — Matt Roy
Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: David Kampf, Declan Chisholm, Dylan McIlrath, Timothy Liljegren
Injured: Ethen Frank (lower body)
Golden Knights projected lineup
Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel – Mark Stone
Pavel Dorofeyev — Brett Howden — Mitch Marner
Reilly Smith — Tomas Hertl — Keegan Kolesar
Cole Smith – Nic Dowd — Colton Sissons
Brayden McNabb- Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin– Kaedan Korczak
Rasmus Andersson – Jeremy Lauzon
Adin Hill
Akira Schmid
Scratched: Braeden Bowman, Ben Hutton, hBrandon Saad
Injured: Carter Hart (lower body), William Karlsson (lower body), Jonas Rondbjerg (lower body)
Status Report
Both teams held an optional morning skate. … Howden will center the second line, while Smith will be bumped to the third line. … Hart, who also skated on Friday, will not dress as he continues to recover from a lower-body injury. … Hill may start after not participating in the optional.
