Maple Leafs at Capitals

MAPLE LEAFS (34-14-4) at CAPITALS (28-17-9)

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Maple Leafs projected lineup
Michael Bunting -- Auston Matthews -- Mitch Marner
Ondrej Kase -- John Tavares -- William Nylander
Ilya Mikheyev -- David Kampf -- Alex Kerfoot
Nicholas Robertson -- Jason Spezza -- Wayne Simmonds
Morgan Rielly -- Timothy Liljegren
TJ Brodie -- Justin Holl
Rasmus Sandin -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Petr Mrazek
Jack Campbell
Scratched: Travis Dermott, Kyle Clifford, Pierre Engvall
Injured: Jake Muzzin (concussion)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Tom Wilson
Conor Sheary -- Nicklas Backstrom -- T.J. Oshie
Connor McMichael -- Lars Eller -- Joe Snively
Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Justin Schultz
Ilya Samsonov
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Matt Irwin, Michal Kempny, Daniel Sprong
Injured: Anthony Mantha (shoulder)
Status report
Engvall, a forward who missed a 10-7 win against the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday because of a non-COVID illness, took part in the morning skate. … Schultz is a game-time decision after missing a 2-1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday because of an upper-body injury. … Orlov missed the morning skate due to personal reasons but is expected to play. … Vanecek was recalled from his conditioning assignment with Hershey of the American Hockey League. ... Mantha was cleared for contact Monday for the first time since shoulder surgery Nov. 4.