PANTHERS (24-19-3) at CAPITALS (24-18-6)
7 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, MNMT
Panthers projected lineup
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe — Sam Bennett — A.J. Greer
Sandis Vilmanis — Evan Rodrigues — Mackie Samoskevich
Jesper Boqvist — Cole Schwindt — Luke Kunin
Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola — Uvis Balinskis
Donovan Sebrango — Jeff Petry
Daniil Tarasov
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched: Tobias Bjornfot, Noah Gregor, Jack Studnicka
Injured: Brad Marchand (undisclosed), Seth Jones (upper body), Aleksander Barkov (knee), Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Tomas Nosek (knee), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body), Dmitry Kulikov (shoulder)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Ethen Frank
Aliaksei Protas — Connor McMichael — Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Anthony Beauvillier
Ivan Miroshnichenko — Hendrix Lapierre — Brett Leason
Martin Fehervary — John Carlson
Jakob Chychrun — Matt Roy
Rasmus Sandin — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Declan Chisholm, Dylan McIlrath, Sonny Milano
Injured: Pierre-Luc Dubois (lower body), Tom Wilson (lower body), Justin Sourdif (upper body)
Status report
Tkachuk, a forward who has not played this season, was among a group of Panthers extras on the ice; Florida did not hold a full morning skate following a 9-1 loss at the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday. … Miroshnichenko was recalled from Hershey of the American Hockey League on Friday. … Capitals coach Spencer Carbery said there is a chance Wilson could return, but the forward stayed on with the scratches after the morning skate. … Sourdif skated without a noncontact jersey but will miss miss his third straight game after being hit in the mouth with a puck in a 3-2 loss at the Nashville Predators on Sunday; the forward was placed on injured reserve Friday.
