Capitals at Flames

CAPITALS (30-18-9) at FLAMES (34-14-7)

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Tom Wilson
Anthony Mantha
-- Nicklas Backstrom -- T.J. Oshie
Connor McMichael -- Lars Eller -- Conor Sheary
Axel Jonsson-Fjallby -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Justin Schultz
Vitek Vanecek
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Matt Irwin, Michal Kempny, Daniel Sprong
Injured: Joe Snively (upper body), Carl Hagelin (eye)
Flames projected lineup
Johnny Gaudreau -- Elias Lindholm -- Matthew Tkachuk
Andrew Mangiapane -- Adam Ruzicka -- Tyler Toffoli
Blake Coleman -- Mikael Backlund -- Trevor Lewis
Milan Lucic -- Sean Monahan -- Dillon Dube
Noah Hanifin -- Rasmus Andersson
Oliver Kylington -- Chris Tanev
Nikita Zadorov -- Erik Gudbranson
Dan Vladar
Jacob Markstrom
Scratched: Michael Stone, Brad Richardson, Brett Ritchie
Injured: None
Status report
The Capitals and Flames each held an optional morning skate Tuesday. ... Vladar is likely to start after Markstrom made 27 saves in a 3-1 win against the Edmonton Oilers on Monday.