Kings at Capitals

KINGS (13-11-5) AT CAPITALS (18-5-7)

Kings projected lineup
Adrian Kempe -- Anze Kopitar -- Dustin Brown
Alex Iafallo -- Lias Andersson -- Viktor Arvidsson
Trevor Moore -- Rasmus Kupari - Carl Grundstrom
Brendan Lemieux -- Blake Lizotte -- Arthur Kaliyev
Mikey Anderson -- Christian Wolanin
Olli Maatta -- Matt Roy
Tobias Bjornfot -- Sean Durzi
Jonathan Quick
Garret Sparks
Scratched: Jordan Spence, Jacob Moverare
Injured: Alexander Edler (lower body), Andreas Athanasiou (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Drew Doughty, Cal Petersen, Philip Danault
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Lars Eller -- Daniel Sprong
Joe Snively -- Aliaksei Protas -- Conor Sheary
Carl Hagelin -- Michael Sgarbossa -- Brett Leason
Connor McMichael -- Nic Dowd -- Beck Malenstyn
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Justin Schultz
Vitek Vanecek
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched:Dennis Cholowski, Matt Irwin
Injured:Anthony Mantha (shoulder), Tom Wilson (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol:Nicklas Backstrom, Evgeny Kuznetsov, T.J. Oshie, Garnet Hathaway
Status report
The Kings did not hold a morning skate. ... Sparks was recalled from Ontario of the American Hockey League. ... Danault and Oshie, each a forward, entered NHL COVID-19 protocol on Sunday. ... Dowd and van Riemsdyk were removed from protocol. ... Forwards Wilson and Hathaway took part in the morning skate but did not take line rushes. ... Snively, recalled Sunday from Hershey of the American Hockey League, could make his NHL debut.