Lightning at Capitals

LIGHTNING (43-19-7) at CAPITALS (37-22-10)

Lightning projected lineup
Steven Stamkos -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn -- Anthony Cirelli -- Ondrej Palat
Brandon Hagel -- Nick Paul -- Ross Colton
Patrick Maroon -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Corey Perry
Victor Hedman -- Jan Rutta
Mikhail Sergachev -- Erik Cernak
Cal Foote -- Zach Bogosian
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Scratched: None
Injured: Ryan McDonagh (upper body)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Conor Sheary
Anthony Mantha -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Tom Wilson
Marcus Johansson -- Lars Eller -- T.J. Oshie
Johan Larsson -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Justin Schultz
Ilya Samsonov
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Matt Irwin, Connor McMichael, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Michal Kempny
Injured: Joe Snively (upper body), Carl Hagelin (eye)
Status report
The Lightning did not hold a morning skate Wednesday. … The Capitals held an optional morning skate. … Samsonov will make his first start since a 4-3 shootout win at the Buffalo Sabres on March 25.