CAPITALS (42-30-9) at BLUE JACKETS (40-29-12)
7 p.m. ET; MNMT, ESPN, SN360
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Anthony Beauvillier
Aliaksei Protas — Ilya Protas — Tom Wilson
Connor McMichael — Justin Sourdif — Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime — Hendrix Lapierre — Ivan Miroshnichenko
Martin Fehervary — Dylan McIlrath
Jakub Chychrun — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Cole Hutson — Matt Roy
Clay Stevenson
Logan Thompson
Scratched: Ethen Frank, David Kampf, Declan Chisholm, David Kampf, Timothy Liljegren
Injured: Pierre-Luc Dubois (upper body), Rasmus Sandin (lower body), Charlie Lindgren (upper body)
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Isac Lundestrom — Adam Fantilli — Kirill Marchenko
Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Cole Sillinger
Mason Marchment — Boone Jenner — Conor Garland
Kent Johnson — Sean Monahan — Miles Wood
Zach Werenski — Dante Fabbro
Ivan Provorov — Denton Mateychuk
Jake Christiansen — Erik Gudbranson
Jet Greaves
Elvis Merzlikins
Scratched: Egor Zamula, Luca Del Bel Belluz, Zach Aston-Reese
Injured: Damon Severson (shoulder surgery), Dmitri Voronkov (hand), Mathieu Olivier (hand)
Status report
Ovechkin will play a complete 82-game schedule for the first time since 2017-18 and fifth time in his 21-year NHL career. … McIlrath enters the lineup in place of Liljegren, a defenseman. … Christiansen will replace Zamula, a defenseman.
