Holtby, who is 4-0-1 in his past five starts and 7-1-2 in his past 10, is one win shy of the single-season record of 48 set by Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils in 2006-07
The League-leading Capitals host the New York Islanders on Tuesday.
Washington did not hold a team skate Saturday. Center Nicklas Backstrom, who missed the 4-2 win against the Avalanche on Friday with an upper-body injury, was one of four Capitals who skated Saturday. He will be a game-time decision against Arizona.
The Coyotes will be without center Martin Hanzal, who left the 4-1 loss to the Dallas Stars on Thursday with an upper-body injury and is day-to-day. Coach Dave Tippett said he hopes Hanzal will accompany Arizona on its season-ending, four-game road trip beginning Monday against the St. Louis Blues.
Center Laurent Dauphin was recalled from Springfield of the American Hockey League and will play in place of Hanzal.
Defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson, who sat out Thursday will an illness, will return to his usual spot alongside Connor Murphy.
Here are the projected lineups:
CAPITALS
Alex Ovechkin - Nicklas Backstrom - Justin Williams
Andre Burakovsky - Evgeny Kuznetsov - T.J. Oshie
Jason Chimera - Jay Beagle - Tom Wilson
Daniel Winnik - Mike Richards - Stanislav Galiev
Karl Alzner - Matt Niskanen
Nate Schmidt - John Carlson
Brooks Orpik - Dmitry Orlov
Braden Holtby
Philipp Grubauer
Injured: Nicklas Backstrom (upper body)
Scratched: Taylor Chorney, Michael Latta, Mike Weber
COYOTES
Alex Tanguay - Antoine Vermette - Anthony Duclair
Tobias Rieder - Laurent Dauphin - Viktor Tikhonov
Max Domi- Brad Richardson - Shane Doan
Jordan Martinook- Boyd Gordon - Kyle Chipchura
Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Connor Murphy
Kevin Connauton - Zbynek Michalek
Klas Dahlbeck - Alex Grant
Mike Smith
Louis Domingue
Injured: Martin Hanzal (upper body), Anders Lindback (Achillies), Eric Selleck (upper body), Michael Stone (knee), Joe Vitale (head)
Scratches: Nicklas Grossman, Sergei Plotnikov, Jiri Sekac
Status report: Stone underwent surgery Friday to repair a torn ACL and MCL in his knee. Tippett said Stone, who had a career-high 36 points in 75 games, would be out a minimum of six months and would likely not be ready for the beginning of the 2016-17 regular season. "There is lots of recovery work there," Tippett said. "If you dial it out, you're into October of next (season). You hope he's available for most of the year."
Who's hot: Ovechkin has 14 points in 11 career games against Arizona. … The Coyotes, who won 22 home games in 2011-12, are 21-15-4 at Gila River Arena this season.
