Capitals at Canadiens

CAPITALS (41-23-10) at CANADIENS (20-44-11)

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Conor Sheary
Marcus Johansson -- Nicklas Backstrom -- T.J. Oshie
Anthony Mantha -- Lars Eller -- Tom Wilson
Johan Larsson -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Justin Schultz
Ilya Samsonov
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Matt Irwin, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Connor McMichael, Michal Kempny
Injured: Carl Hagelin (eye), Joe Snively (upper body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Mike Hoffman -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Rem Pitlick -- Ryan Poehling -- Joel Armia
Michael Pezzetta -- Jake Evans -- Paul Byron
Alexander Romanov -- David Savard
Joel Edmundson -- Jeff Petry
Corey Schueneman -- Chris Wideman
Sam Montembeault
Carey Price
Scratched: Jordan Harris, William Lagesson, Kale Clague, Tyler Pitlick, Laurent Dauphin, Mathieu Perreault
Injured: Jake Allen (groin), Jonathan Drouin (upper body), Justin Barron (ankle)
Status report
Orlov took part in the Capitals morning skate Saturday and could return after missing two games because of a lower-body injury. ... Montembeault was one of eight players who took part in the Canadiens' optional morning skate Saturday. Rem Pitlick was the only one who played in a 3-0 loss to the New York Islanders on Friday.