Red Wings at Capitals

RED WINGS (13-11-6) at CAPITALS (16-13-4)

Red Wings projected lineup
David Perron -- Dylan Larkin -- Jonatan Berggren
Pius Suter -- Michael Rasmussen -- Lucas Raymond
Dominik Kubalik -- Andrew Copp -- Adam Erne
Oskar Sundqvist -- Joe Veleno -- Elmer Soderblom
Jake Walman -- Filip Hronek
Ben Chiarot -- Moritz Seider
Jordan Oesterle -- Olli Maatta
Ville Husso
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched:Magnus Hellberg, Gustav Lindstrom, Austin Czarnik
Injured:Robby Fabbri (knee), Filip Zadina (leg), Matt Luff (upper body), Mark Pysyk (Achilles), Tyler Bertuzzi (hand), Robert Hagg (undisclosed)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Conor Sheary
Sonny Milano -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Anthony Mantha
Marcus Johansson -- Lars Eller -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Aliaksei Protas -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Erik Gustafsson -- John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Matt Irwin
Charlie Lindgren
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched:Joe Snively, Lucas Johansen
Injured:Nicklas Backstrom (hip surgery), Tom Wilson (torn ACL), Connor Brown (torn ACL), Carl Hagelin (hip surgery), Beck Malenstyn (upper body), Martin Fehervary (upper body), Alexander Alexeyev (upper body), T.J. Oshie (upper body)
Status report
The Red Wings held an optional morning skate. … Kuemper, who left a 3-0 win against the Calgary Flames on Dec. 3 with an upper-body injury after he was elbowed in the head by Tyler Toffoli, will be activated and backup Lindgren. ... Forward Oshie, who left a 5-2 win against the Toronoto Maple Leafs in the second period on Saturday, is day to day. … Dowd, who missed the game against Toronto because of a lower-body injury, will be a game-time decision.