Capitals at Islanders

CAPITALS (31-28-7) at ISLANDERS (34-25-8)

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Tom Wilson
Sonny Milano -- Dylan Strome -- T.J. Oshie
Anthony Mantha -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Craig Smith
Conor Sheary -- Nic Dowd -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Rasmus Sandin -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Martin Fehervary -- Nick Jensen
Matt Irwin -- Alexander Alexeyev
Darcy Kuemper
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Aliaksei Protas , Gabriel Carlsson
Injured: John Carlson (head), Carl Hagelin (hip), Connor Brown (knee)
Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Bo Horvat -- Simon Holmstrom
Zach Parise -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Hudson Fasching
Pierre Engvall -- Josh Bailey -- Cal Clutterbuck
Adam Pelech -- Scott Mayfield
Alexander Romanov -- Ryan Pulock
Sebastian Aho -- Noah Dobson
Semyon Varlamov
Ilya Sorokin
Scratched: Ross Johnston, Parker Wotherspoon
Injured: Mathew Barzal (lower body), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (upper body), Oliver Wahlstrom (lower body), Otto Koivula (lower body)
Status report
Fehervary and Jensen each will be a game-time decision after each missed the past three games, Fehervary with a lower-body injury and Jensen with an upper-body injury. … Defenseman Vincent Iorio was returned to Hershey of the American Hockey League. … Clutterbuck is expected to return after missing 20 games because of an upper-body injury. … Pageau, a center, participated in the Islanders morning skate Saturday but did not take line rushes. He has missed 11 games. ... Varlamov will start after Sorokin started the previous four games.