Capitals at Bruins

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By NHL.com @NHLdotcom

CAPITALS (29-12-4) at BRUINS (24-12-6)

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Tom Wilson
Anthony Mantha -- Nicklas Backstrom -- T.J. Oshie
Conor Sheary -- Lars Eller -- Daniel Sprong
Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Dmitry Orlov -- John Carlson
Brenden Dillon -- Justin Schultz
Zdeno Chara -- Nick Jensen
Vitek Vanecek
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Trevor van Riemsdyk
Injured: Michael Raffl (upper body)
Bruins projected lineup
Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- David Pastrnak
Taylor Hall -- David Krejci -- Craig Smith
Nick Ritchie -- Charlie Coyle -- Jake DeBrusk
Sean Kuraly -- Curtis Lazar -- Chris Wagner
Jeremy Lauzon -- Charlie McAvoy
Mike Reilly -- Connor Clifton
Jarred Tinordi --
Steven Kampfer
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Anton Blidh, Karson Kuhlman, Jeremy Swayman
Injured: Kevan Miller (undisclosed), Brandon Carlo (upper body), Matt Grzelcyk (upper body), Ondrej Kase (upper body), Jakub Zboril (illness)
Status report
Vanecek will start after Samsonov made 22 saves in a 6-3 win at the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. ... Rask will start for the second time in three games. ... Halak was removed from COVID-19 protocol Saturday.

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