Red Wings at Capitals

RED WINGS (3-2-1) AT CAPITALS (4-0-2)

Red Wings projected lineup
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Dylan Larkin -- Lucas Raymond
Robby Fabbri -- Pius Suter -- Filip Zadina
Adam Erne -- Michael Rasmussen -- Vladislav Namestnikov
Carter Rowney -- Mitchell Stephens -- Sam Gagner
Danny DeKeyser -- Moritz Seider
Nick Leddy -- Filip Hronek
Marc Staal -- Troy Stecher
Thomas Greiss
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Givani Smith, Jordan Oesterle
Injured: Gustav Lindstrom (undisclosed)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Tom Wilson
Connor McMichael -- Lars Eller -- Anthony Mantha
Conor Sheary -- Hendrix Lapierre -- 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: Dennis Cholowski, Matt Irwin, Daniel Sprong
Injured: Nicklas Backstrom (hip)
Status report
Hronek returns to the lineup after being a healthy scratch the past two games. … Dowd, who missed the Capitals' 7-5 win at the Ottawa Senators on Monday because of a lower-body injury, took part in the morning skate in a blue non-contact jersey. … Mantha, traded to Washington by Detroit on April 12, faces his former team for the first time.