Golden Knights at Capitals

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (24-15-2) AT CAPITALS (23-10-9)

Golden Knights projected lineup
Mattias Janmark -- Chandler Stephenson -- Evgenii Dadonov
Jonathan Marchessault -- William Karlsson -- Reilly Smith
William Carrier -- Nicolas Roy -- Keegan Kolesar
Michael Amadio -- Brett Howden -- Nolan Patrick
Nicolas Hague -- Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore
Ben Hutton -- Dylan Coghlan
Robin Lehner
Logan Thompson
Scratched: None
Injured: Jack Eichel (neck), Max Pacioretty (wrist), Alec Martinez (facial laceration), Laurent Brossoit (upper body), Zach Whitecloud (upper body), Adam Brooks (undisclosed)
COVID-19 protocol: Mark Stone
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Conor Sheary
Connor McMichael -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Tom Wilson
Aliaksei Protas -- Lars Eller -- Brett Leason
Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Martin Fehervary --
John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov -- Justin Schultz
Michal Kempny -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Vitek Vanecek
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Daniel Sprong, Dennis Cholowski, Matt Irwin
Injured: T.J. Oshie (upper body), Nick Jensen (upper body), Anthony Mantha (shoulder)
Status
Hague and Thompson each was removed from NHL COVID-19 protocol. … Pacioretty, a forward, defensemen Martinez and Whitecloud, and goalie Brossoit traveled to Washington, and each could return during the Golden Knights' four-game road trip which begins Monday. … Stone, a forward, did not travel. … Carlson was removed from COVID-19 protocol and will play. … Orlov returns after a two-game suspension for kneeing Winnipeg Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers. ... Jensen, a defenseman who sustained an injury in the second period of a 4-3 loss to the Boston Bruins on Thursday, is week to week.