Panthers at Capitals

PANTHERS (41-31-7) at CAPITALS (34-35-9)

Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Anthony Duclair
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Matthew Tkachuk
Ryan Lomberg -- Eric Staal -- Sam Reinhart
Givani Smith -- Colin White -- Nick Cousins
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Marc Staal -- Brandon Montour
Josh Mahura -- Radko Gudas
Alex Lyon
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched: Casey Fitzgerald
Injured: Patric Hornqvist (concussion), Sam Bennett (undisclosed)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Tom Wilson
Sonny Milano -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Aliaksei Protas
Conor Sheary -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Craig Smith
Beck Malenstyn -- Nic Dowd -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin -- Nick Jensen
Alexander Alexeyev -- Matt Irwin
Charlie Lindgren
Darcy 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.