CAPITALS (50-19-9) at BLUE JACKETS (36-33-9)
12:30 p.m. ET; ABC, ESPN+, SN360, TVAS
Capitals projected lineup
Andrew Mangiapane -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Tom Wilson
Connor McMichael -- Dylan Strome -- Taylor Raddysh
Brandon Duhaime -- Lars Eller -- Ryan Leonard
Ethen Frank -- Nic Dowd -- Anthony Beauvillier
Rasmus Sandin -- John Carlson
Martin Fehervary -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Alex Alexeyev -- Matt Roy
Hunter Shepard
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Alex Ovechkin
Injured: Aliaksei Protas (lower body), Logan Thompson (upper body), Sonny Milano (upper body), Jakob Chychrun (illness)
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Boone Jenner -- Sean Monahan -- Kirill Marchenko
James van Riemsdyk -- Adam Fantilli -- Kent Johnson
Dmitri Voronkov -- Cole Sillinger -- Mathieu Olivier
Zach Aston-Reese -- Sean Kuraly -- Justin Danforth
Zach Werenski -- Dante Fabbro
Denton Mateychuk -- Ivan Provorov
Jordan Harris -- Erik Gudbranson
Jet Greaves
Daniil Tarasov
Scratched: Christian Fischer, Jack Williams, Damon Severson, Luke Kunin, Yegor Chinakhov, Jack Johnson
Injured: Elvis Merzlikins (upper body), Jake Christiansen (upper body)
Status report
Ovechkin, a forward, will be a healthy scratch and replaced in the lineup by Frank, who had been scratched the past 15 games. ... Chychrun, a defenseman, will miss his second straight game. ... McIlrath, a defenseman, was in the lineup for a 5-4 shootout win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday but will be replaced by Alexeyev, who will play for the first time since Nov. 8. ... Shepard will start and make his season debut. ... Christiansen will nopt play and be replaced by Harris, who had been scratched the past 22 games and has not played since Feb. 8.
