CAPITALS (30-24-9) at OILERS (39-21-3)
10 p.m. ET; TVAS, SN1, SNW, TNT, truTV, MAX
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Hendrix Lapierre -- Aliaksei Protas
Max Pacioretty -- Connor McMichael -- T.J. Oshie
Sonny Milano -- Dylan Strome – Ivan Miroshnichenko
Beck Malenstyn -- Michael Sgarbossa -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Trevor Van Riemsdyk -- John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin -- Nick Jensen
Alexander Alexeyev -- Ethan Bear
Darcy Kuemper
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: None
Injured: Nic Dowd (upper body), Martin Fehervary (lower body), Tom Wilson (upper body)
Oilers projected lineup
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman
Ryan McLeod -- Leon Draisaitl -- Warren Foegele
Evander Kane -- Adam Henrique-- Connor Brown
Mattias Janmark -- Sam Carrick -- Corey Perry
Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse -- Vincent Desharnais
Brett Kulak -- Cody Ceci
Stuart Skinner
Calvin Pickard
Scratched: Derek Ryan, Troy Stecher
Injured: None
Status report
Each team held an optional morning skate Wednesday. ... Fehervary, a defenseman, and forwards Dowd and Wilson each will be a game-time decision, Capitals coach Spencer Carbery said; Fehervary has missed 10 games, Dowd nine and Wilson one. ... Kuemper will start after Lindgren started the past six games … Skinner and Pickard will alternate starts for the seventh straight game.
