Devils at Capitals

DEVILS (12-15-4) at CAPITALS (21-7-4)

Devils projected lineup
Jesper Bratt -- Jack Hughes -- Kyle Palmieri
Janne Kuokkanen -- Travis Zajac -- Yegor Sharangovich
Mikhail Maltsev -- Pavel Zacha -- Nick Merkley
Miles Wood -- Michael McLeod -- Andreas Johnsson
Ty Smith -- Damon Severson
Dmitry Kulikov -- P.K. Subban
Ryan Murray -- Sami Vatanen
Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched: Will Butcher, Aaron Dell, Nikita Gusev
Injured: Nico Hischier (sinus fracture), Nathan Bastian (lower body)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- T.J. Oshie
Jakub Vrana -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Tom Wilson
Conor Sheary -- Richard Panik -- Daniel Sprong
Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Brenden Dillon -- John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov -- Justin Schultz
Zdeno Chara -- Nick Jensen
Ilya Samsonov
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Jonas Siegenthaler, Trevor van Riemsdyk
Injured: Lars Eller (lower body)
Status report
Neither team had a morning skate. … Eller, a center, could miss his sixth consecutive game and remains day to day. … Kuznetsov, Backstrom and Oshie could rotate at center on the third line.