Capitals at Avalanche

CAPITALS (25-18-6) at AVALANCHE (25-17-3)

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Conor Sheary
Sonny Milano -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Tom Wilson
Marcus Johansson -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Garnet Hathaway
Anthony Mantha -- Lars Eller -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Erik Gustafsson -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Alexander Alexeyev -- Martin Fehervary
Darcy Kuemper
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Matt Irwin, Aliaksei Protas , T.J. Oshie
Injured: John Carlson (head), Connor Brown (knee), Carl Hagelin (hip), Nic Dowd (lower body)
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Evan Rodrigues
Valeri Nichushkin -- J.T. Compher -- Mikko Rantanen
Andrew Cogliano -- Alex Newhook -- Logan O'Connor
Jacob MacDonald -- Ben Meyers -- Anton Blidh
Devon Toews -- Erik Johnson
Samuel Girard -- Brad Hunt
Kurtis MacDermid -- Andreas Englund
Alexandar Georgiev
Pavel Francouz
Scratched: None
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Bowen Byram (lower body), Josh Manson (lower body), Denis Malgin (upper body), Darren Helm (lower body), Cale Makar (upper body)
Status report
The Capitals held an optional morning skate. … Washington coach Peter Laviolette said that Ovechkin will be a game-time decision. … Makar, a defenseman, won't play. … Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said that Byram, a defenseman, and Malgin, a forward, could be ready to return following the All-Star Break.