Capitals at Bruins

CAPITALS (12-5-4) at BRUINS (12-5-2)

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Conor Sheary
Jakub Vrana -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Tom Wilson
Richard Panik -- Lars Eller -- T.J. Oshie
Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Brenden Dillon -- John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov -- Justin Schultz
Zdeno Chara -- Nick Jensen
Vitek Vanecek
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Daniel Sprong, Jonas Siegenthaler, Trevor van Riemsdyk
Injured: None
Bruins projected lineup
Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- David Pastrnak
Nick Ritchie -- David Krejci -- Jake DeBrusk
Trent Frederic
-- Jack Studnicka -- Craig Smith
Sean Kuraly -- Greg McKegg -- Chris Wagner
Jakub Zboril -- Charlie McAvoy
Matt Grzelcyk -- Brandon Carlo
Jarred Tinordi -- Connor Clifton
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Anders Bjork, John Moore
Injured: Ondrej Kase (upper body), Kevan Miller (lower body), Jeremy Lauzon (fractured hand)
COVID-19 protocol: Charlie Coyle
Status report
The Capitals held an optional morning skate. … Kuznetsov returns after missing two games with an upper-body injury. … Krejci and Grzelcyk will each be a game-time decision; Krejci has missed four games with an upper-body injury and Grzelcyk has missed seven games with a lower-body injury. … Coyle, a center, will not play after being placed in COVID-19 protocol Wednesday. ... Tinordi will make his Bruins debut after being claimed off waivers from the Nashville Predators on Saturday.