Golden Knights at Capitals

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (8-2-0) AT CAPITALS (5-4-1)

Golden Knights projected lineup
Chandler Stephenson -- Jack Eichel -- Mark Stone
Reilly Smith -- William Karlsson -- Jonathan Marchessault
Michael Amadio -- Brett Howden -- Phil Kessel
William Carrier -- Nicolas Roy -- Keegan Kolesar
Alec Martinez -- Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore
Nicolas Hague -- Zach Whitecloud
Logan Thompson
Adin Hill
Scratched:Paul Cotter, Ben Hutton, Jake Leschyshyn
Injured:None
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Conor Sheary
Marcus Johansson -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Connor McMichael
Aliaksei Protas -- Lars Eller -- Anthony Mantha
Beck Malenstyn
-- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Dmitry Orlov -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Martin Fehervary -- Nick Jensen
Erik Gustafsson -- Matt Irwin
Charlie Lindgren
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched:Joe Snively
Injured:T.J. Oshie (lower body), John Carlson (lower body), Nicklas Backstrom (hip), Connor Brown (lower body), Carl Hagelin (hip/eye), Tom Wilson (lower body)
Status report
Kolesar returns after missing two games with the flu. ... The Golden Knights sent goalie Laurent Brossoit (hip) to Henderson of the American Hockey League on a long-term conditioning loan. ... The Capitals did not hold a morning skate following a 3-2 shootout loss at the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday. ... Carlson, a defenseman, is day to day.