CAPITALS (20-14-6) at RANGERS (26-13-2)
1 p.m. ET; MNMT, NHLN, MSG, SN
Capitals projected lineup
Max Pacioretty -- Dylan Strome -- T.J. Oshie
Aliaksei Protas -- Connor McMichael -- Tom Wilson
Hendrix Lapierre -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Anthony Mantha
Beck Malenstyn -- Nic Dowd -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Joel Edmundson -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Ethan Bear -- Nick Jensen
Charlie Lindgren
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched: Alexander Alexeyev, Matthew Phillips
Injured: Alex Ovechkin (lower body), Sonny Milano (upper body), Rasmus Sandin (upper body)
Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Kaapo Kakko
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle -- Nick Bonino -- Blake Wheeler
Jimmy Vesey -- Barclay Goodrow -- Jonny Brodzinski
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Erik Gustafsson -- Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Zac Jones, Jake Leschyshyn, Anton Blidh
Injured: Filip Chytil (upper body), Tyler Pitlick (lower body)
Status report
Kakko returns after missing 21 games with a lower-body injury. ... Shesterkin is expected to start after Quick made 18 saves in a 3-2 loss at the Capitals on Saturday. ... Washington is going with the same lineup from Saturday, so Ovechkin will miss his second consecutive game and Lindgren will start after making 25 saves in the win.
