Lightning at Capitals

LIGHTNING (7-5-1) at CAPITALS (6-7-2)

Lightning projected lineup
Brandon Hagel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Steven Stamkos -- Nick Paul -- Alex Killorn
Cole Koepke -- Vladislav Namestnikov -- Ross Colton
Patrick Maroon -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Corey Perry
Victor Hedman -- Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev -- Nick Perbix
Ian Cole -- Cal Foote
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Scratched: Haydn Fleury, Philippe Myers
Injured: Anthony Cirelli (shoulder), Zach Bogosian (shoulder)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Conor Sheary
Sonny Milano -- Dylan Strome -- Marcus Johansson
Lars Eller -- Anthony Mantha -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Aliaksei Protas -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Erik Gustafsson -- John Carlson
Martin Fehervary -- Nick Jensen
Matt Irwin -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Darcy Kuemper
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Joe Snively, Connor McMichael, Alexander Alexeyev
Injured: T.J. Oshie (lower body), Nicklas Backstrom (hip surgery), Connor Brown (torn ACL), Carl Hagelin (hip surgery), Tom Wilson (torn ACL), Beck Malenstyn (upper body), Dmitry Orlov (lower body)
Status report
The Lightning did not hold a morning skate Friday. … Capitals coach Peter Laviolette is in COVID-19 protocol; assistant Kevin McCarthy will take over the coaching duties Friday. ... Carlson, who has missed six games with a lower-body injury, will be a game-time decision. ... Kuemper will make his seventh start in nine games.