CAPITALS (39-30-9) at MAPLE LEAFS (32-31-14)
7:30 p.m. ET; TVAS, SN, MNMT
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Anthony Beauvillier
Aliaksei Protas — Ilya Protas — Tom Wilson
Connor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime — Justin Sourdif — Ivan Miroshnichenko
Martin Fehervary — Rasmus Sandin
Jakub Chychrun — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Cole Hutson — Matt Roy
Logan Thompson
Mitchell Gibson
Scratched: Hendrix Lapierre, Ethen Frank, David Kampf, Declan Chisholm, Dylan McIlrath, Timothy Liljegren
Injured: Charlie Lindgren (upper body)
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Easton Cowan — John Tavares — William Nylander
Matias Maccelli — Max Domi — Matthew Knies
Dakota Joshua — Bo Groulx — Nicholas Robertson
Steven Lorentz — Jacob Quillan — Calle Jarnkrok
Morgan Rielly — Philippe Myers
Jake McCabe — Brandon Carlo
Simon Benoit — Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Anthony Stolarz
Joseph Woll
Scratched: Michael Pezzetta, Troy Stecher
Injured: Auston Matthews (MCL), Chris Tanev (groin)
Status report
Ilya Protas will make his NHL debut at center on a line with his older brother, Aliaksei Protas. … Ekman-Larsson will return after missing a 7-6 overtime loss at the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday because of a middle-body injury.
