Islanders at Capitals

ISLANDERS (35-34-10) at CAPITALS (44-23-12)

Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Brock Nelson -- Josh Bailey
Zach Parise -- Mathew Barzal -- Kyle Palmieri
Oliver Wahlstrom -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Kieffer Bellows
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Ross Johnston
Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock
Zdeno Chara -- Noah Dobson
Sebastian Aho -- Andy Greene
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: None
Injured: Anthony Beauvillier (upper body), Cal Clutterbuck (shoulder), Scott Mayfield (lower body)
Capitals projected lineup
Connor McMichael -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Tom Wilson
Marcus Johansson -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Conor Sheary
Anthony Mantha -- Lars Eller -- T.J. Oshie
Johan Larsson -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Justin Schultz
Ilya Samsonov
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Matt Irwin, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Michal Kempny
Injured: Carl Hagelin (eye), Joe Snively (upper body), Alex Ovechkin (upper body)
Status report
Pageau is expected to return after missing three games in COVID-19 protocol. … The Islanders returned forward Otto Koivula to Bridgeport of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. … Ovechkin, who left in the third period of a 4-3 shootout loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday, is a game-time decision, according to coach Peter Laviolette. The forward did not participate in the morning skate and is day to day.