Capitals at Devils

CAPITALS (11-5-4) AT DEVILS (7-7-2)

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Lars Eller -- Conor Sheary
Jakub Vrana -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Tom Wilson
Richard Panik -- T.J. Oshie -- Daniel Sprong
Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Brenden Dillon -- John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov -- Justin Schultz
Zdeno Chara -- Nick Jensen
Craig Anderson
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Jonas Siegenthaler, Trevor van Riemsdyk
Injured: Brian Pinho (undisclosed), Evgeny Kuznetsov (upper body)
Devils projected lineup
Andreas Johnsson -- Jack Hughes -- Kyle Palmieri
Pavel Zacha -- Yegor Sharangovich -- Jesper Bratt
Janne Kuokkanen -- Travis Zajac -- Nikita Gusev
Miles Wood -- Michael McLeod -- Nathan Bastian
Ty Smith -- Damon Severson
Dmitry Kulikov -- P.K. Subban
Will Butcher -- Sami Vatanen
Aaron Dell
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Mackenzie Blackwood, Janne Kuokkanen
Injured: Ryan Murray (upper body), Nico Hischier (upper body)
Status report
Samsonov will make his first start since Jan. 17 after he was recalled from the taxi squad, where goalie Craig Anderson was reassigned. ... Kuznetsov, a center, is out and day to day. ... Hischier won't play and the center is day to day after he was hit in the mouth with a deflected puck at 15:37 of the third period in a 5-2 loss to the Capitals on Saturday.