Sharks at Capitals 

SHARKS (0-7-1) at CAPITALS (3-3-1)

5 p.m. ET; MNMT, NBCSCA

Sharks projected lineup

Fabian Zetterlund -- Tomas Hertl -- Anthony Duclair

William Eklund -- Jacob Peterson -- Kevin Labanc

Givani Smith -- Nico Sturm -- Mike Hoffman

Filip Zadina -- Thomas Bordeleau -- Luke Kunin

Mario Ferraro -- Kyle Burroughs

Nikolai Knyzhov -- Jan Rutta

Ty Emberson -- Matt Benning

Mackenzie Blackwood

Kaapo Kahkonen

Scratched: Marc-Edouard Vlasic*

Injured: Logan Couture (lower body), Alexander Barabanov (broken finger) Jacob MacDonald (undisclosed), Mikael Granlund (lower body)

Capitals projected lineup

Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Tom Wilson

Connor McMichael -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- T.J. Oshie

Anthony Mantha -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Matthew Phillips

Beck Malenstyn -- Hendrix Lapierre -- Aliaksei Protas

Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson

Rasmus Sandin -- Trevor van Riemsdyk

Alexander Alexeyev -- Nick Jensen

Darcy Kuemper

Charlie Lindgren

Scratched: Hardy Haman Aktell, Lucas Johansen,

Injured: Nic Dowd (upper body), Joel Edmundson (hand), Max Pacioretty (Achilles), Sonny Milano (illness)

Status report

The Sharks did not practice Saturday. … The Capitals recalled Lapierre from Hershey of the American Hockey League to replace Milano, a forward who's ill. ... Dowd, a forward, was placed on injured reserve. ... Lindgren, who missed the past six games because of an upper-body injury, will return and back up Kuemper. … The Capitals returned goalie Hunter Shepard to Hershey of the American Hockey League. … Milano (illness) did not practice Saturday, but coach Spencer Carbery said he is hopeful the forward can play Sunday.