Sharks at Capitals

SHARKS (16-26-11) at CAPITALS (28-20-6)

Sharks projected lineup
Timo Meier -- Tomas Hertl -- Noah Gregor
Michael Eyssimont -- Logan Couture -- Alexander Barabanov
Nick Bonino -- Nico Sturm -- Oskar Lindblom
Evgeny Svechnikov -- Steven Lorentz -- Jonah Gadjovich
Scott Harrington -- Erik Karlsson
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Matt Benning
Jacob MacDonald -- Mario Ferraro
Kaapo Kahkonen
Aaron Dell
Scratched:Kevin Labanc, Nick Cicek
Injured:Luke Kunin (knee), Markus Nutivaara (lower body), Radim Simek (upper body), James Reimer (illness)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Conor Sheary -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- T.J. Oshie
Marcus Johansson -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Sonny Milano
Anthony Mantha -- Lars Eller -- Garnet Hathaway
Erik Gustafsson -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Matt Irwin -- Martin Fehervary
Charlie Lindgren
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched:Aliaksei Protas, Alexander Alexeyev
Injured:Tom Wilson (lower body), Nic Dowd (lower body), John Carlson (head), Carl Hagelin (hip), Connor Brown (knee)
Status report
Dell was recalled from San Jose of the American Hockey League to back up because Reimer, a goalie, is ill. ... Simek, a defenseman, is traveling with the Sharks and is day to day. … Lindgren will start the second of a back to back after Kuemper made 27 saves in a 2-1 win against the Boston Bruins on Saturday.