Devils at Capitals

DEVILS (51-22-8) at CAPITALS (35-37-9)

Devils projected lineup
Tomas Tatar -- Nico Hischier -- Dawson Mercer
Timo Meier -- Jack Hughes -- Jesper Bratt
Erik Haula -- Jesper Boqvist -- Yegor Sharangovich
Miles Wood -- Curtis Lazar -- Nathan Bastian
Kevin Bahl -- Dougie Hamilton
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Damon Severson
Luke Hughes -- Brendan Smith
Mackenzie Blackwood
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Ryan Graves, John Marino, Ondrej Palat,
Injured: Jonathan Bernier (hip), Michael McLeod (undisclosed)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Craig Smith
Conor Sheary -- Dylan Strome -- Tom Wilson
Sonny Milano -- Evgeny Kuznetsov --
Joe Snively
Beck Malenstyn -- Aliaksei Protas -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin -- Nick Jensen
Alexander Alexeyev -- Matt Irwin
Darcy Kuemper
Reid Cooper
Scratched: Henrik Borgstrom
Injured: Carl Hagelin (hip), Connor Brown (knee), T.J. Oshie (upper body), Trevor van Riemsdyk (upper body), Anthony Mantha (lower body), Nic Dowd (undisclosed), Charlie Lindgren (upper body)
Status report
The Devils held an optional morning skate. … Ovechkin will be a game-time decision; the forward has missed three games because of an upper-body injury. … Irwin did not take part in the morning skate and also will be a game-time decision. … Lindgren will not dress afterthe goalie left during the third period of a 5-2 loss at the Boston Bruins on Tuesday. … Cooper was signed to an amateur tryout agreement and will back up Kuemper.