Canucks at Capitals preview

CANUCKS (24-23-6) at CAPITALS (28-18-6)
7 p.m. ET; SN1, SNE, SNO, SNP, NBCSWA, NHL.TV

The forward, who has five points (four goals, one assist) in his past five games, has 1,179 points (644 goals, 535 assists) in his 14 NHL seasons, tied with Sergei Fedorov (483 goals, 696 assists).
The Capitals are 1-6-2 in their past nine games and have allowed at least four goals in five of their past eight.
The Canucks are 4-2-1 in their past seven games after going 1-3-1 in their previous five games. Defenseman Alexander Edler was taken off the ice on a stretcher after sustaining a facial injury in a 2-1 loss against the Philadelphia Flyers at Wells Fargo Center on Monday. Edler's stick got stuck in the skate of Flyers forward Jakub Voracek skate, pulling Edler face-first onto the ice.
Vancouver coach Travis Green said Monday he did not know how long Edler would be out; the Canucks did not hold a morning skate Tuesday.

Players to watch

Canucks goalie Jacob Markstrom is 3-2-1 with a 2.15 goals-against average and .932 save percentage in his past six starts.
Capitals forward T.J. Oshie has eight points (one goal, seven assists) in his past five games.

They said it

"Terrible, scary. Not fun to see at all. It's the worst part about what we do. When you see it, the blood on the ice kind of shakes you. I hope he's all right." -- Canucks forward Brandon Sutter on defenseman Alexander Edler's injury Monday
"We've taken too many penalties. Period. Plain and simple. So we have to stop doing that so that our penalty kill has a chance and has a fair opportunity to just have to kill off two or three a night." -- Capitals coach Todd Reirden on Washington's NHL-high 191 minor penalties

Canucks projected lineup

Tim Schaller -- Bo Horvat -- Josh Leivo
Nikolay Goldobin -- Elias Pettersson -- Brock Boeser
Antoine Roussel -- Brandon Sutter -- Jake Virtanen
Loui Eriksson -- Jay Beagle -- Tyler Motte
Alex Biega -- Chris Tanev
Ben Hutton -- Troy Stecher
Derrick Pouliot -- Erik Gudbranson
Jacob Markstrom
Michael DiPietro
Scratched:Markus Granlund, Guillaume Brisebois
Injured: Alexander Edler (face), Sven Baertschi (illness), Thatcher Demko (lower body)

Capitals projected lineup

Alex Ovechkin -- Nicklas Backstrom -- T.J. Oshie
Jakub Vrana -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Tom Wilson
Dmitrij Jaskin -- Travis Boyd -- Brett Connolly
Andre Burakovsky -- Nic Dowd -- Devante Smith-Pelly
Dmitry Orlov -- John Carlson
Michal Kempny -- Matt Niskanen
Brooks Orpik -- Jonas Siegenthaler
Braden Holtby
Pheonix Copley
Scratched:Chandler Stephenson, Madison Bowey
Injured: Christian Djoos (thigh), Lars Eller (lower body)

Status report

Demko sustained a lower-body injury during warmups Monday and likely won't be available. DiPietro was recalled on an emergency basis from Ottawa of the Ontario Hockey League. Brisebois was recalled from Utica of the American Hockey League. … Eller will be a game-time decision.

Stat pack

Boeser has seven points (three goals, four assists) during a five-game point streak. … Backstrom has six points (one goal, five assists) in his past five games.