Capitals at Hurricanes

CAPITALS (13-3-5) at HURRICANES (15-3-1)

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov --
Aliaksei Protas
Daniel Sprong -- Lars Eller -- Tom Wilson
Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Brett Leason -- Michael Sgarbossa -- Beck Malenstyn
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Dennis Cholowski -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Ilya Samsonov
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Matt Irwin, Connor McMichael
Injured: Nicklas Backstrom (hip), Anthony Mantha (shoulder), Conor Sheary (upper body), T.J. Oshie (lower body), Justin Schultz (upper body)
Hurricanes projected lineup
Teuvo Teravainen -- Sebastian Aho -- Martin Necas
Andrei Svechnikov -- Jordan Staal -- Seth Jarvis
Nino Niederreiter -- Vincent Trocheck -- Jesper Fast
Jordan Martinook -- Steven Lorentz -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi
Jaccob Slavin -- Tony DeAngelo
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Brendan Smith -- Ian Cole
Frederik Andersen
Antti Raanta
Scratched: Derek Stepan
Injured: None
COVID-19 protocol: Ethan Bear
Status report
Eller, who missed six games in COVID-19 protocol, practiced Saturday and could return. ... Backstrom, a center, and Sheary, a forward, each participated wearing a no-contact jersey. ... The Hurricanes did not practice Saturday.