OILERS (5-12-1) at CAPITALS (10-4-2)
3 p.m. ET; MNMT, SNW
Oilers projected lineup
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman
Evander Kane -- Leon Draisaitl -- Connor Brown
Warren Foegele -- Ryan McLeod -- Derek Ryan
Adam Erne -- James Hamblin -- Mattias Janmark
Darnell Nurse -- Cody Ceci
Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard
Brett Kulak -- Vincent Desharnais
Stuart Skinner
Calvin Pickard
Scratched: Sam Gagner, Philip Broberg
Injured: Dylan Holloway (lower body)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Tom Wilson
Anthony Mantha -- Connor McMichael -- T.J. Oshie
Sonny Milano -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Aliaksei Protas
Beck Malenstyn -- Nic Dowd -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Rasmus Sandin -- John Carlson
Joel Edmundson -- Nick Jensen
Alexander Alexeyev -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Charlie Lindgren
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched: Lucas Johansen, Matthew Phillips, Hendrix Lapierre
Injured: Max Pacioretty (Achilles), Nicklas Backstrom (hip), Martin Fehervary (undisclosed)
Status report: Kuznetsov is expected to return after missing the past two games because of an illness. … Fehervary, a defenseman, was a full participant at practice on Thursday. He hasn't played since Nov. 10 (missed past four games).
