CAPITALS (24-19-6) at AVALANCHE (33-5-8)
4 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, MNMT, truTV, TNT
Capitals projected lineup
Aliaksei Protas -- Dylan Strome -- Anthony Beauvillier
Connor McMichael -- Justin Sourdif -- Ryan Leonard
Alex Ovechkin -- Nic Dowd -- Ethen Frank
Brandon Duhaime -- Hendrix Lapierre -- Ivan Miroshnichenko
Jakob Chychrun -- John Carlson
Martin Fehervary -- Matt Roy
Rasmus Sandin -- Declan Chisholm
Charlie Lindgren
Logan Thompson
Scratched: Trevor van Riemsdyk, Dylan McIlrath, Sonny Milano
Injured: Pierre-Luc Dubois (lower body), Tom Wilson (lower body)
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Martin Necas
Ross Colton -- Brock Nelson -- Victor Olofsson
Parker Kelly -- Jack Drury -- Gavin Brindley
Zakhar Bardakov -- Ivan Ivan -- Alex Barre-Boulet
Sam Malinski -- Cale Makar
Josh Manson -- Brent Burns
Samuel Girard -- Ilya Solovyov
Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched: None
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (upper body), Devon Toews (upper body), Joel Kiviranta (lower body), Logan O’Connor (hip surgery), Valeri Nichushkin (upper body)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate. … Sourdif returned after missing three games because of an upper-body injury. … Kelly (maintenance) did not practice Sunday but is expected to play. ... Chisholm will play after being scratched the previous three games. He'll replace van Riemsdyk, a defenseman. ... The Capitals reassigned forward Brett Leason to Hershey of the American Hockey League on Sunday. ... Barre-Boulet was recalled from Colorado of the American Hockey League on Monday. He'll replace Nichushkin, a forward.
