Bruins at Capitals

BRUINS (33-15-7) at CAPITALS (35-15-5)

Bruins projected lineup
Nick Ritchie -- Curtis Lazar -- Chris Wagner
Jake DeBrusk -- Jack Studnicka -- Karson Kuhlman
Trent Frederic -- Oskar Steen -- Zach Senyshyn
Anton Blidh -- Greg McKegg -- Cameron Hughes
Jarred Tinordi --
Steven Kampfer
Jakub Zboril -- Urho Vaakanainen
Jack Ahcan -- Connor Clifton
Jeremy Swayman
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron, David Pastrnak, Taylor Hall, David Krejci, Craig Smith, Sean Kuraly, Matt Grzelcyk, Charlie McAvoy, Mike Reilly, Brandon Carlo, Jeremy Lauzon, Tuukka Rask, Kevan Miller
Injured: Charlie Coyle (upper body), Ondrej Kase (upper body)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Anthony Mantha
Conor Sheary -- Lars Eller -- Michael Raffl
Daniel Sprong --
Philippe Maillet
-- Tom Wilson
Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Dmitry Orlov -- Justin Schultz
Brenden Dillon -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Nick Jensen -- Zdeno Chara
Vitek Vanecek
Craig Anderson
Scratched: None
Injured: T.J. Oshie (lower body), John Carlson (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Evgeny Kuznetsov
Status report
The Bruins are expected to rest many of their regulars. ... Kase returned in a 3-2 overtime win against the New York Islanders on Monday after the forward missed 52 games with an upper-body injury, but did not play in the third period because of an upper-body injury and did not travel to Washington. … Ovechkin will be a game-time decision. He participated in the Capitals' morning skate Tuesday after missing seven of the past eight games with a lower-body injury. ... Oshie will not play after the forward left a 2-1 overtime win against the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday because of an injury. ... Carlson, a defenseman, will miss his second straight game. ... Backstrom returns after missing the game Saturday with a lower-body injury.