Capitals at Stars

CAPITALS (4-3-0) at STARS (4-2-1)

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Conor Sheary
Marcus Johansson -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- T.J. Oshie
Aliaksei Protas -- Lars Eller -- Anthony Mantha
Beck Malenstyn
-- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Dmitry Orlov -- John Carlson
Martin Fehervary -- Nick Jensen
Erik Gustafsson -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Darcy Kuemper
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched:Matt Irwin, Connor McMichael, Joe Snively
Injured:Nicklas Backstrom (hip); Connor Brown (lower body); Carl Hagelin (hip, eye); Tom Wilson (lower body)
Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Joe Pavelski
Mason Marchment -- Tyler Seguin -- Denis Gurianov
Jamie Benn -- Wyatt Johnston -- Ty Dellandrea
Radek Faksa -- Luke Glendening -- Joel Kiviranta
Ryan Suter -- Nils Lundkvist
Esa Lindell -- Colin Miller
Joel Hanley -- Jani Hakanpaa
Jake Oettinger
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Matej Blumel
Injured:Miro Heiskanen (upper body)
Status report
Dallas recalled Blumel, a forward, from Texas of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. ... Forward Jacob Peterson was assigned to Texas Wednesday. ... Heiskanen, a defenseman, will miss a second game with an upper-body injury and is considered day-to-day, coach Peter DeBoer said.