Canadiens at Capitals

CANADIENS (15-18-3) at CAPITALS (20-13-5)

Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Kirby Dach
Mike Hoffman -- Jake Evans -- Josh Anderson
Juraj Slafkovsky -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Evgenii Dadonov -- Jonathan Drouin -- Joel Armia
Joel Edmundson -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Jordan Harris -- Justin Barron
Arber Xhekaj -- Chris Wideman
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched:Anthony Richard, Michael Pezzetta
Injured:Sean Monahan (lower body), David Savard (upper body), Mike Matheson (lower body), Kaiden Guhle (leg)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Conor Sheary
Sonny Milano -- Dylan Strome -- Anthony Mantha
Marcus Johansson -- Lars Eller -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Aliaksei Protas -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Erik Gustafsson -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Martin Fehervary -- Matt Irwin
Charlie Lindgren
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched:Joe Snively, Alexander Alexeyev, Lucas Johansen
Injured: Tom Wilson (torn ACL), Connor Brown (torn ACL), Carl Hagelin (hip surgery), Beck Malenstyn (upper body), T.J. Oshie (upper body), John Carlson (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol:Nicklas Backstrom
Status report
Guhle, a defenseman, left the ice late in the third period of a 7-2 loss to the Florida Panthers on Thursday and will not play. … Savard, a defenseman, practiced Friday in a non-contact jersey. He hasn't played since Dec. 3. … Fehervary could return after missing 12 games with an upper-body injury sustained against the Calgary Flames on Dec. 3.