Capitals at Oilers

CAPITALS (10-12-4) at OILERS (14-11-0)

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Conor Sheary
Sonny Milano -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- T.J. Oshie
Marcus Johansson -- Lars Eller -- Anthony Mantha
Aliaksei Protas -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Erik Gustafsson -- John Carlson
Alexander Alexeyev -- Nick Jensen
Matt Irwin -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Charlie Lindgren
Hunter Shepard
Scratched:Joe Snively, Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Injured: Nicklas Backstrom (hip surgery), Connor Brown (torn ACL), Carl Hagelin (hip surgery), Tom Wilson (torn ACL), Beck Malenstyn (upper body), Dmitry Orlov (lower body), Darcy Kuemper (upper body), Martin Fehervary (upper body)
Oilers projected lineup
Leon Draisaitl -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman
Mattias Janmark -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Klim Kostin -- Devin Shore -- Derek Ryan
Dylan Holloway -- Brad Malone -- Kailer Yamamoto
Darnell Nurse -- Cody Ceci
Brett Kulak -- Tyson Barrie
Philip Broberg -- Evan Bouchard
Stuart Skinner
Jack Campbell
Scratched:Ryan Murray, James Hamblin, Tyler Benson
Injured:Evander Kane (wrist surgery), Warren Foegele (undisclosed), Ryan McLeod (undisclosed)
Status report
Kuemper, a goalie, and Fehervary, a defenseman , each left in the second period of a 5-2 loss to the Calgary Flames on Saturday. Kuemper is day to day and Fehervary was placed on injured reserve. ... Shepard was recalled from Hershey of the American Hockey League. ... Orlov is with the Capitals but the defenseman will miss his 14th game. ... Yamamoto is expected to return after missing 11 games with an undisclosed injury.