Capitals at Islanders

CAPITALS (25-9-4) at ISLANDERS (24-10-4)

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- T.J. Oshie
Conor Sheary -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Tom Wilson
Jakub Vrana -- Lars Eller -- Daniel Sprong
Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Brenden Dillon -- John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov -- Justin Schultz
Zdeno Chara -- Nick Jensen
Vitek Vanecek
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Jonas Siegenthaler, Trevor van Riemsdyk, Richard Panik
Injured: None
Islanders projected lineup
Leo Komarov -- Mathew Barzal -- Jordan Eberle
Anthony Beauvillier -- Brock Nelson -- Josh Bailey
Ross Johnston -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Oliver Wahlstrom
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Cal Clutterbuck
Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock
Nick Leddy -- Scott Mayfield
Andy Greene -- Noah Dobson
Semyon Varlamov
Ilya Sorokin
Scratched: Sebastian Aho, Kieffer Bellows, Thomas Hickey
Injured: Michael Dal Colle (lower body)
Status report
Vrana returns to the lineup after being a healthy scratch for the past two games. Panik, a forward, comes out of the lineup. … Johnston, who left with an undisclosed injury in the first period of a 3-2 shootout win against the Flyers on Saturday, skated Monday and Tuesday and will be a game-time decision.