Ducks at Capitals

DUCKS (17-34-7) at CAPITALS (28-25-6)

Ducks projected lineup
Derek Grant -- Trevor Zegras -- Ryan Strome
Frank Vatrano -- Mason McTavish -- Troy Terry
Max Jones -- Isac Lundestrom -- Jakob Silfverberg
Brett Leason -- Jayson Megna -- Sam Carrick
Cam Fowler -- Dmitry Kulikov
Simon Benoit -- Nathan Beaulieu
Colton White -- Kevin Shattenkirk
John Gibson
Lukas Dostal
Scratched: Max Comtois
Injured: Anthony Stolarz (lower body), Jamie Drysdale (shoulder), Justin Kirkland (undisclosed), Urho Vaakanainen (lower body), Adam Henrique (lower body), John Klingberg (lower body)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Tom Wilson
Conor Sheary -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Marcus Johansson
Sonny Milano -- Dylan Strome -- T.J. Oshie
Lars Eller -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Dmitry Orlov -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Martin Fehervary -- Nick Jensen
Erik Gustafsson --
Dylan McIlrath
Charlie Lindgren
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched: Alexander Alexeyev, Matt Irwin, Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Injured: John Carlson (head), Carl Hagelin (hip), Connor Brown (knee), Anthony Mantha (upper body)
Status report
Terry is expected to return after missing seven games because of an upper-body injury. … Henrique, a center, is week to week after leaving in the second period of a 6-1 loss at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday. ... Klingberg will miss his second straight game; the defenseman remains day to day. … Ovechkin will return after missing four games following the death of his father in Russia. … Mantha has been placed on injured reserve after the forward left during the second period of a 3-1 win against the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday. ... Lindgren will start after Kuemper started the previous four games.