#### **PANTHERS (41-31-7) at CAPITALS (34-35-9)****Panthers projected lineup**Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Anthony DuclairEetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Matthew TkachukRyan Lomberg -- Eric Staal -- Sam ReinhartGivani Smith -- Colin White -- Nick CousinsGustav Forsling -- Aaron EkbladMarc Staal -- Brandon MontourJosh Mahura -- Radko GudasAlex LyonSergei Bobrovsky***Scratched:** Casey Fitzgerald****Injured:** Patric Hornqvist (concussion), Sam Bennett (undisclosed)***Capitals projected lineup**Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Tom WilsonSonny Milano -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Aliaksei ProtasConor Sheary -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Craig SmithBeck Malenstyn -- Nic Dowd -- Nicolas Aube-KubelMartin Fehervary -- John CarlsonRasmus Sandin -- Nick JensenAlexander Alexeyev -- Matt IrwinCharlie LindgrenDarcy Kuemper***Scratched:** None****Injured:** Carl Hagelin (hip), Connor Brown (knee), T.J. Oshie (upper body), Trevor van Riemsdyk (upper body), Anthony Mantha (lower body)***Status report**Lyon will make his sixth consecutive start. … Bobrovsky will dress as the backup after missing five games because of a non-COVID illness. … Goalie Mack Guzda was loaned to Charlotte of the American Hockey League. ... Ovechkin will be a game-time decision because of an upper-body injury; the forward did not take part in the Capitals morning skate Saturday. ... Lindgren is expected to start after Kuemper started the previous six games. ... Malenstyn was recalled from Hershey of the AHL on Friday.