Canucks at Capitals

CANUCKS (0-2-0) AT CAPITALS (1-2-0)

Canucks projected lineup
Tanner Pearson -- Bo Horvat -- Brock Boeser
Andrei Kuzmenko -- Elias Pettersson -- Curtis Lazar
Vasily Podkolzin -- J.T. Miller -- Conor Garland
Dakota Joshua -- Nils Aman -- Nils Hoglander
Quinn Hughes -- Luke Schenn
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Kyle Burroughs
Noah Juulsen -- Riley Stillman
Thatcher Demko
Spencer Martin
Scratched:Jack Rathbone
Injured:Travis Dermott (concussion), Tyler Myers (lower body), Ilya Mikheyev (undisclosed), Tucker Poolman (illness)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Connor Brown
Anthony Mantha -- Connor McMichael -- T.J. Oshie
Marcus Johansson -- Lars Eller -- Aliaksei Protas
Conor Sheary -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Erik Gustafsson -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Darcy Kuemper
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched:Joe Snively, Matt Irwin
Injured:Nicklas Backstrom (hip), Tom Wilson (lower body), Carl Hagelin (hip, eye), Evgeny Kuznetsov (undisclosed)
Status report
Canucks coach Bruce Boudreau expects Mikheyev, a forward, to return Tuesday at the Columbus Blue Jackets or Thursday at the Minnesota Wild. ... Poolman, a defenseman, missed the final two periods of a 3-2 loss at the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday. He skated Monday but will not play. ... The Canucks recalled Juulsen from Abbotsford of the American Hockey League and assigned forward Sheldon Dries to the affiliate. ... Capitals coach Peter Laviolette said Kuznetsov, a forward, took a maintenance day and will be a game-time decision. ... McMichael could make his season debut.