Capitals at Oilers preview

CAPITALS (4-2-2) at OILERS (3-3-1)
9 p.m. ET; SN1, SNE, SNO, NBCSWA, NHL.TV

Braden Holtby will start for Washington, which defeated the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Monday in the first of a four-game Canadian road trip. The Capitals are 2-0-1 in their past three games.
Cam Talbot will start for the Oilers, who are playing the final game of a four-game homestand. They lost 6-5 in overtime to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday.

Players to watch

Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin has four power-play goals this season. His next one will tie Marcel Dionne (234) for eighth place on the NHL all-time list.
Oilers forward Alex Chiasson, who won the Stanley Cup with Washington last season, scored his first two goals of the season against the Penguins.

They said it

"I feel more relaxed, that's for sure, because we finally reached our goals in getting a Cup. But I think as soon as you taste it, you don't want to let it go. It was something special, the feelings and emotions and the happiness that we had with the teammates, with our families, with our fans, that was incredible."-- Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin
"Obviously when you win the Cup, it's a special group in the locker room. I was only there for a year, but I made some friendships there that are going to last forever. I think it's going to be special tonight to go up against a team that you won the Cup with; the biggest trophy in sports."-- Oilers forward Alex Chiasson

Capitals projected lineup

Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Devante Smith-Pelly
Chandler Stephenson -- Nicklas Backstrom -- T.J. Oshie
Jakub Vrana -- Lars Eller -- Brett Connolly
Dmitrij Jaskin -- Nic Dowd -- Andre Burakovsky
Dmitry Orlov -- Matt Niskanen
Michal Kempny -- John Carlson
Brooks Orpik -- Christian Djoos
Braden Holtby
Pheonix Copley
Scratched:Madison Bowey, Nathan Walker
Injured:Travis Boyd (leg)

Oilers projected lineup

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- Kailer Yamamoto
Tobias Rieder -- Leon Draisaitl -- Alex Chiasson
Milan Lucic -- Ryan Strome -- Drake Caggiula
Cooper Marody -- Kyle Brodziak -- Jujhar Khaira
Oscar Klefbom -- Adam Larsson
Darnell Nurse -- Kris Russell
Evan Bouchard -- Kevin Gravel
Cam Talbot
Mikko Koskinen
Scratched: Jason Garrison, Jesse Puljujarvi
Injured: Matt Benning (undisclosed), Ty Rattie (upper body), Zack Kassian (undisclosed)

Status report

Washington will dress the same lineup that played against Vancouver. ... Caggiula is expected to return to the lineup; Puljujarvi will be a healthy scratch

Stat pack

Ovechkin has eight points (four goals, four assists) in his past four games. Backstrom has seven points (one goal, six assists) during a four-game point streak. … McDavid has 13 points (five goals, eight assists) in seven games this season. Nugent-Hopkins has nine points (two goals, seven assists) in his past five games.