Capitals at Red Wings

CAPITALS (6-2-4) at RED WINGS (7-5-2)

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Tom Wilson
Conor Sheary -- Connor McMichael -- Daniel Sprong
Carl Hagelin --
Aliaksei Protas
-- Brett Leason
Axel Jonsson-Fjallby -- Lars Eller -- Garnet Hathaway
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Justin Schultz
Zach Fucale
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Dennis Cholowski, Matt Irwin
Injured: Nicklas Backstrom (hip), T.J. Oshie (lower body), Anthony Mantha (upper body), Vitek Vanecek (upper body), Nic Dowd (lower body)
Red Wings projected lineup
Tyler Bertuzzi - Dylan Larkin -- Lucas Raymond
Pius Suter -- Robby Fabbri -- Filip Zadina
Vladislav Namestnikov -- Michael Rasmussen -- Adam Erne
Givani Smith -- Mitchell Stephens -- Sam Gagner
Danny DeKeyser -- Moritz Seider
Nick Leddy -- Filip Hronek
Marc Staal - Gustav Lindstrom
Thomas Greiss
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Carter Rowney, Jordan Oesterle
Injured: Troy Stecher (undisclosed)
Status Report
Fucale will make his NHL debut after Vanacek was injured in a 5-3 win against the Buffalo Sabres on Monday. Vanacek, a goalie, was able to practice Wednesday. … Raymond, Hronek and Staal did not practice Wednesday, and Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said they are game-time decisions tonight. No injury information was announced.