Capitals at Kings

CAPITALS (31-27-6) at KINGS (36-20-8)

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Tom Wilson
Anthony Mantha -- Nicklas Backstrom -- T.J. Oshie
Sonny Milano -- Dylan Strome -- Craig Smith
Conor Sheary -- Nic Dowd -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Rasmus Sandin -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Matt Irwin -- Gabriel Carlsson
Alexander Alexeyev -- Vincent Iorio
Darcy Kuemper
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Aliaksei Protas
Injured: Nick Jensen (upper body), Martin Fehervary (lower body), John Carlson (head), Carl Hagelin (hip), Connor Brown (knee)
Kings projected lineup
Quinton Byfield -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe
Kevin Fiala -- Phillip Danault -- Viktor Arvidsson
Alex Iafallo -- Blake Lizotte -- Gabriel Vilardi
Zack MacEwen -- Rasmus Kupari -- Arthur Kaliyev
Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty
Vladislav Gavrikov -- Matt Roy
Alexander Edler -- Sean Durzi
Pheonix Copley
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Sean Walker, Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Carl Grundstrom
Injured: Trevor Moore (upper body)
Status report
Jensen and Fehervary each practiced in a no-contact jersey Monday. Each defenseman was injured in a 3-2 overtime win against the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday. … MacEwen will make his Kings debut after being acquired in a trade with the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday. Coach Todd McLellan said he would decide after pregame warmups which forward MacEwen will replace in the lineup.