Bruins at Capitals

BRUINS (18-11-2) AT CAPITALS (20-7-9)

Bruins projected lineup
Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- Craig Smith
Taylor Hall -- Erik Haula -- David Pastrnak
Karson Kuhlman
-- Charlie Coyle --
Oskar Steen
Anton Blidh -- Trent Frederic -- Curtis Lazar
Matt Grzelcyk -- Charlie McAvoy
Mike Reilly -- Brandon Carlo
Derek Forbort -- Urho Vaakanainen
Linus Ullmark
Jeremy Swayman
Scratched: John Moore, Steven Fogarty](https://www.nhl.com/player/steven-fogarty-8476396), Connor Clifton
Injured: Nick Foligno (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Jake DeBrusk, Tomas Nosek
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- T.J. Oshie
Daniel Sprong -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Tom Wilson
Connor McMichael -- Lars Eller -- Conor Sheary
Aliaksei Protas -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Nick Jensen
Matt Irwin -- Justin Schultz
Zach Fucale
Vitek Vanecek
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Dennis Cholowski, Michael Sgarbossa
Injured: link-placeholder-47
COVID-19 protocol: Dmitry Orlov, Carl Hagelin
Status report
McAvoy, who missed two games because of a lower-body injury, took part in the morning skate and is likely to return. … Coach Bruce Cassidy said Forbort and defenseman Clifton were having COVID-19 "testing issues" and may be unavailable. … Foligno, who left a 5-2 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning Saturday in the first period with a lower-body injury, is not with the team and the forward will have an MRI in Boston on Tuesday. … Kuhlman was removed from NHL COVID-19 protocol. … Oshie and Backstrom are expected to return after each missed the past three games because of a non-COVID-19 illness. … Defenseman Orlov and forward Hagelin entered COVID-19 protocol Monday.