Wild at Capitals

WILD (42-20-5) at CAPITALS (37-21-10)

Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello
Jordan Greenway -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Marcus Foligno
Tyson Jost -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Kevin Fiala
Brandon Duhaime -- Nick Bjugstad -- Nicolas Deslauriers
Jake Middleton -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Mathew Dumba
Alex Goligoski -- Dmitry Kulikov
Cam Talbot
Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: Jordie Benn
Injured: Matt Boldy (upper body), Jon Merrill (upper body)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Marcus Johansson
Anthony Mantha -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- T.J. Oshie
Conor Sheary -- Lars Eller -- Tom Wilson
Johan Larsson -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Justin Schultz
Vitek Vanecek
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Matt Irwin, Connor McMichael, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Michal Kempny
Injured: Joe Snively (upper body), Carl Hagelin (eye)
Status report
The Wild did not hold a morning skate. Talbot is expected to start after Fleury made 37 saves in a 3-1 win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday. … Larsson, acquired in a trade with the Arizona Coyotes on Mach 21, is expected to make his Capitals debut. The forward has been recovering from sports hernia surgery and last played Jan. 25 for the Coyotes against the Pittsburgh Penguins. … Dowd and van Riemsdyk are expected to return after each missed the past five games because of an upper-body injury.