Penguins at Capitals

PENGUINS (10-6-1) at CAPITALS (9-5-4)

Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Kasperi Kapanen
Zach Aston-Reese -- Evgeni Malkin -- Bryan Rust
Sam Lafferty -- Teddy Blueger -- Brandon Tanev
Drew O'Connor -- Colton Sceviour -- Mark Jankowski
Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- Kris Letang
Mike Matheson -- John Marino
Marcus Pettersson -- Cody Ceci
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Yannick Weber, Chad Ruhwedel, Mark Friedman
Injured: Jared McCann (lower body), Brian Dumoulin (lower body), Evan Rodrigues (lower body), Juuso Riikola (upper body), Jason Zucker (lower body)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Conor Sheary
Jakub Vrana -- Nicklas Backstrom -- T.J. Oshie
Richard Panik -- Lars Eller -- Tom Wilson
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
Injured: Brian Pinho (undisclosed)
Status report
The Penguins held an optional morning skate. … Friedman, a defenseman, was claimed off waivers from the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday. … Zucker, a forward who left a 4-3 overtime win against the Capitals on Tuesday, returned to Pittsburgh for further evaluation and will be out "longer term," coach Mike Sullivan said. … Kuznetsov and Sheary will move to the top line with Ovechkin.