Capitals at Hurricanes

CAPITALS (5-4-0) at HURRICANES (5-2-1)

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Conor Sheary
Marcus Johansson -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Connor McMichael
Aliaksei Protas -- Lars Eller -- Anthony Mantha
Beck Malenstyn
-- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Dmitry Orlov -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Martin Fehervary -- Nick Jensen
Erik Gustafsson -- Matt Irwin
Darcy Kuemper
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Joe Snively
Injured: T.J. Oshie (lower body), John Carlson (lower body), Nicklas Backstrom (hip), Connor Brown (lower body), Carl Hagelin (hip/eye), Tom Wilson (lower body)
Hurricanes projected lineup
Teuvo Teravainen -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis
Andrei Svechnikov -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast
Stefan Noesen -- Paul Stastny -- Derek Stepan
Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Dylan Coghlan -- Jalen Chatfield
Frederik Andersen
Antti Raanta
Scratched: none
Injured: Ondrej Kase (concussion), Calvin de Haan (undisclosed)
Status report
Oshie, a forward, is out indefinitely after sustaining an injury in the first period of a 3-0 win at the Nashville Predators on Saturday. Carlson is day to day. The defenseman was also injured in the first period against Nashville. … Irwin will make his season debut and McMichael will play his second game. … Stastny did not take the morning skate but he is expected to play. … Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said de Haan, who will miss his fourth straight game, is day to day.