Penguins at Capitals

PENGUINS (9-6-1) at CAPITALS (9-5-3)

Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Kasperi Kapanen
Jason Zucker -- Evgeni Malkin -- Bryan Rust
Zach Aston-Reese -- Teddy Blueger -- Brandon Tanev
Colton Sceviour -- Mark Jankowski -- Sam Lafferty
Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- Kris Letang
Mike Matheson -- John Marino
Marcus Pettersson -- Cody Ceci
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched:Yannick Weber, Chad Ruhwedel, Drew O'Connor
Injured: Jared McCann (lower body), Brian Dumoulin (lower body), Evan Rodrigues (lower body), Juuso Riikola (upper body)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Lars Eller -- Tom Wilson
Jakub Vrana -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Conor Sheary
Richard Panik -- Nicklas Backstrom -- T.J. Oshie
Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Brenden Dillon -- John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov -- Justin Schultz
Zdeno Chara -- Nick Jensen
Vitek Vanecek
Craig Anderson
Scratched: Daniel Sprong, Jonas Siegenthaler, Trevor van Riemsdyk, Ilya Samsonov
Injured: Brian Pinho (undisclosed)
Status report
The Penguins held an optional morning skate. … Riikola, a defenseman who has missed 12 games, skated in a regular full-contact jersey Monday. … McCann, a forward who has missed five games, traveled with Pittsburgh for the start of a four-game road trip. ... Samsonov, a goalie who returned to practice Feb. 8 after being in COVID-19 protocol since Jan. 20, could make his third start for Hershey of the American Hockey League on Wednesday, Capitals coach Peter Laviolette said.