Bruins at Capitals

BRUINS (5-1-1) at CAPITALS (5-0-3)

Bruins projected lineup
Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron --
David Pastrnak
Nick Ritchie -- David Krejci --
Karson Kuhlman
Trent Frederic -- Charlie Coyle -- Craig Smith
Anders Bjork -- Sean Kuraly -- Chris Wagner
Jeremy Lauzon -- Charlie McAvoy
Connor Clifton -- Brandon Carlo
Jakub Zboril -- Kevan Miller
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Dan Vladar , Jack Studnicka, Par Lindholm
Injured: Ondrej Kase (upper body), John Moore (lower body), Jake DeBrusk (lower body), Matt Grzelcyk (lower body)
Capitals projected lineup
Jakub Vrana -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Tom Wilson
Alex Ovechkin -- T.J. Oshie -- Richard Panik
Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Conor Sheary -- Michael Sgarbossa -- Daniel Sprong
Zdeno Chara -- John Carlson
Brenden Dillon -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Nick Jensen
Vitek Vanecek
Craig Anderson
Scratched: Martin Fehervary , Dmitry Orlov
Injured: Lars Eller (upper body), Justin Schultz (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Evgeny Kuznetsov, Ilya Samsonov
Status report
Pastrnak is expected to make his season debut after having hip surgery Sept. 16. ... Grzelcyk, a defenseman, left a 4-1 win against the Penguins on Thursday. ... DeBrusk, a forward, is day to day. … Ovechkin and Orlov, a defenseman, each could play after missing four games in COVID-19 protocol. ... Schultz, a defenseman, left a 6-3 win against the Islanders on Thursday after getting hit in the face by a puck.