RANGERS (26-12-2) at CAPITALS (19-14-6)
1 p.m. ET; ABC, ESPN+, SN
Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Will Cuylle
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere
Jimmy Vesey -- Barclay Goodrow -- Blake Wheeler
Jake Leschyshyn -- Nick Bonino -- Jonny Brodzinski
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
Erik Gustafsson -- Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Zac Jones, Anton Blidh
Injured: Kaapo Kakko (lower body), Filip Chytil (upper body), Tyler Pitlick (lower body)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Max Pacioretty
Hendrix Lapierre -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- T.J. Oshie
Aliaksei Protas -- Connor McMichael -- Anthony Mantha
Beck Malenstyn -- Nic Dowd -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Nick Jensen
Joel Edmundson -- Ethan Bear
Charlie Lindgren
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched: Alexander Alexeyev, Matthew Phillips
Injured: Tom Wilson (broken nose), Sonny Milano (upper body), Rasmus Sandin (upper body)
Status report
Zibanejad will be a game-time decision after he missed a 5-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Thursday because of a lingering illness. With Zibanejad unavailable, Jones dressed as a seventh defenseman. ... Blidh was recalled from Hartford of the American Hockey League on Friday. It's unknown if the forward will play. ... Quick will start after Shesterkin started the previous two games. ... Ovechkin (lower-body injury) and Wilson, a forward, each will be a game-time decision; Wilson, who missed a 4-1 loss to the Seattle Kraken on Thursday, wore a full shield during practice Friday. ... Charlie Lindgren will make his first start since sustaining an upper-body injury in a 5-1 loss at the New York Islanders on Dec. 29.
