BLUE JACKETS (37-33-9) at CAPITALS (50-20-9)
6 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, MNMT
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Boone Jenner -- Sean Monahan -- Kirill Marchenko
James van Riemsdyk -- Adam Fantilli -- Kent Johnson
Dmitri Voronkov -- Cole Sillinger -- Mathieu Olivier
Zach Aston-Reese -- Sean Kuraly -- Justin Danforth
Zach Werenski -- Dante Fabbro
Denton Mateychuk -- Ivan Provorov
Jordan Harris -- Erik Gudbranson
Jet Greaves
Daniil Tarasov
Scratched: Christian Fischer, Jack Williams, Damon Severson, Luke Kunin, Yegor Chinakhov, Jack Johnson
Injured: Elvis Merzlikins (upper body), Jake Christiansen (upper body)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Taylor Raddysh
Connor McMichael -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Tom Wilson
Andrew Mangiapane -- Lars Eller -- Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime -- Nic Dowd -- Anthony Beauvillier
Jakob Chychrun -- Matt Roy
Rasmus Sandin -- Dylan McIlrath
Martin Fehervary -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Charlie Lindgren
Hunter Shepard
Scratched: Alex Alexeyev, John Carlson, Ethen Frank
Injured: Aliaksei Protas (lower body), Logan Thompson (upper body), Sonny Milano (upper body)
Status report
Greaves, who made 21 saves for his first NHL shutout in a 7-0 win against the Capitals on Saturday, could start his third game in four days. … Ovechkin is expected to return after being a healthy scratch Saturday; Carlson, a defenseman, will be a healthy scratch for rest. ... Chychrun (illness) will be a game-time decision.
