Capitals at Flames

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By NHL.com @NHLdotcom

CAPITALS (10-11-4) at FLAMES (10-10-3)

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Conor Sheary
Sonny Milano -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- T.J. Oshie
Marcus Johansson -- Lars Eller -- Anthony Mantha
Aliaksei Protas -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Erik Gustafsson -- John Carlson
Martin Fehervary -- Nick Jensen
Matt Irwin -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Darcy Kuemper
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Joe Snively, Alexander Alexeyev, Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Injured: Dmitry Orlov (lower body), Nicklas Backstrom (lower body), Tom Wilson (lower body), Beck Malenstyn (upper body), Carl Hagelin (lower body)
Flames projected lineup
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Elias Lindholm -- Tyler Toffoli
Dillon Dube -- Nazem Kadri -- Andrew Mangiapane
Adam Ruzicka -- Mikael Backlund -- Blake Coleman
Milan Lucic -- Kevin Rooney -- Trevor Lewis
Noah Hanifin -- Rasmus Andersson
MacKenzie Weegar -- Chris Tanev
Nikita Zadorov -- Michael Stone
Dan Vladar
Jacob Markstrom
Scratched: Brett Ritchie, Connor Mackey
Injured: None
Status report
The Capitals held an optional morning skate Saturday. ... Vladar will make his third start in four games. ... Rooney will play after being a healthy scratch the past four games.

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