Flames at Capitals

FLAMES (1-1-1) at CAPITALS (3-0-1)

Flames projected lineup
Johnny Gaudreau -- Elias Lindholm -- Matthew Tkachuk
Blake Coleman -- Mikael Backlund -- Tyler Pitlick
Andrew Mangiapane -- Dillon Dube -- Brett Ritchie
Milan Lucic -- Sean Monahan -- Trevor Lewis
Noah Hanifin -- Rasmus Andersson
Oliver Kylington -- Chris Tanev
Juuso Valimaki -- Erik Gudbranson
Dan Vladar
Jacob Markstrom
Scratched: Brad Richardson, Nikita Zadorov
Injured: None
COVID-19 protocol: Michael Stone
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Tom Wilson
Anthony Mantha -- Lars Eller -- Daniel Sprong
Conor Sheary -- Connor McMichael -- T.J. Oshie
Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Justin Schultz
Vitek Vanecek
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Hendrix Lapierre, Dennis Cholowski, Matt Irwin
Injured: Nicklas Backstrom (hip)
Status report
Vladar will start and make his Flames debut. ... The Capitals held an optional skate Friday.