Blue Jackets at Capitals

BLUE JACKETS (20-22-1) at CAPITALS (25-13-9)

Blue Jackets projected lineup
Patrik Laine -- Boone Jenner -- Gustav Nyquist
Jakub Voracek -- Cole Sillinger -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Yegor Chinakhov -- Sean Kuraly -- Max Domi
Trey Fix-Wolansky -- Jack Roslovic -- Brendan Gaunce
Zach Werenski -- Andrew Peeke
Vladislav Gavrikov -- Adam Boqvist
Gavin Bayreuther -- Dean Kukan
Elvis Merzlikins
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Gabriel Carlsson
Injured: Justin Danforth (left knee), Daniil Tarasov (lower body), Alexandre Texier (hand), Jake Bean (lower body), Eric Robinson (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Emil Bemstrom
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Conor Sheary
Joe Snively
-- Nicklas Backstrom -- Tom Wilson
Connor McMichael -- Lars Eller -- Daniel Sprong
Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Justin Schultz
Pheonix Copley
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Dennis Cholowski, Aliaksei Protas, Matt Irwin, Michal Kempny
Injured: T.J. Oshie (upper body), Anthony Mantha (shoulder), Vitek Vanecek (upper body)
Status report
Bemstrom, a forward, entered COVID-19 protocol Monday. … Fix-Wolansky was recalled from the Cleveland of the American Hockey League on Monday and will make his NHL debut. … Gaunce was recalled from Cleveland on Monday and will make his Blue Jackets debut. … Ovechkin was removed from COVID-19 protocol and is expected to return after missing one game. … Copley will make his first start of the season after allowing one goal on 22 shots in relief of Samsonov in a 5-3 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Feb. 2. ... The Capitals sent forward
Brett Leason
to Hershey of the AHL.