CAPITALS (32-25-9) at FLAMES (33-29-5)
8:30 p.m. ET; TVAS, SN, NHLN, MNMT
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Connor McMichael -- T.J. Oshie
Ivan Miroshnichenko -- Dylan Strome -- Tom Wilson
Max Pacioretty -- Hendrix Lapierre -- Sonny Milano
Beck Malenstyn -- Nic Dowd -- Aliaksei Protas
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin -- Nick Jensen
Alexander Alexeyev -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Charlie Lindgren
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched: Michael Sgarbossa, Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Ethan Bear
Injured: None
Flames projected lineup
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Nazem Kadri -- Martin Pospisil
Andrew Mangiapane -- Mikael Backlund -- Blake Coleman
Dryden Hunt -- Yegor Sharangovich -- Andrei Kuzmenko
A.J. Greer -- Kevin Rooney -- Matt Coronato
Oliver Kylington -- Rasmus Andersson
MacKenzie Weegar -- Daniil Miromanov
Joel Hanley -- Brayden Pachal
Dustin Wolf
Dan Vladar
Scratched: Jakob Pelletier, Walker Duehr, Dennis Gilbert, Nikita Okhotiuk
Injured: Connor Zary (upper body), Jacob Markstrom (lower body)
Status report
Washington held an optional morning skate. ... Lindgren will start for the ninth time in 10 games. ... Wolf will make his third straight start. ... Hanley will play in place of Okhotiuk, a defenseman, after being a healthy scratch the past two games. ... Markstrom, who last played March 9, skated Monday and the goalie could return to the lineup by the weekend.
