Capitals at Wild

CAPITALS (20-7-8) at WILD (20-10-2)

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Garnet Hathaway
Conor Sheary -- Lars Eller -- Tom Wilson
Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Brett Leason
Daniel Sprong -- Michael Sgarbossa -- Aliaksei Protas
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Justin Schultz
Ilya Samsonov
Zach Fucale
Scratched: Dennis Cholowski, Connor McMichael, Matt Irwin
Injured: Nicklas Backstrom (non-COVID illness), T.J. Oshie (non-COVID illness) Vitek Vanecek (non-COVID illness)
Wild projected lineup
Mats Zuccarello -- Ryan Hartman -- Kevin Fiala
Matt Boldy -- Marco Rossi -- Marcus Foligno
Frederick Gaudreau -- Victor Rask -- Rem Pitlick
Kyle Rau -- Nico Sturm -- Brandon Duhaime
Alex Goligoski -- Dmitry Kulikov
Jon Merrill -- Mathew Dumba
Calen Addison -- Jordie Benn
Kaapo Kahkonen
Andrew Hammond
Scratched: Dakota Mermis, Connor Dewar
Injured: Jared Spurgeon (lower body), Joel Eriksson Ek (upper body), Cam Talbot (lower body), Nick Bjugstad (upper body) Kirill Kaprizov (upper body), Jonas Brodin (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Jordan Greenway
Status report
The Capitals did not hold a morning skate Saturday. ... Brodin, a defenseman, and Kaprizov, a forward, each is expected to miss time after being injured in a 3-2 win at the Boston Bruins on Thursday. … Duhaime was removed from COVID-19 protocol Saturday and is expected to play. ... Eriksson Ek, a center, skated with the Wild for the first time since being injured but will miss his third straight game. ... Spurgeon, a defenseman, is skating on his own.