Capitals at Rangers

CAPITALS (44-25-12) at RANGERS (51-24-6)

Capitals projected lineup
Conor Sheary -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- T.J. Oshie
Marcus Johansson -- Connor McMichael -- Tom Wilson
Axel Jonsson-Fjallby -- Lars Eller -- Anthony Mantha
Johan Larsson -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Justin Schultz
Ilya Samsonov
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched:Nicklas Backstrom, Michal Kempny, Matt Irwin
Injured:Alex Ovechkin (upper body), Carl Hagelin (eye), Joe Snively (upper body)
Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Frank Vatrano
Jonny Brodzinski -- Ryan Strome -- Barclay Goodrow
Alexis Lafreniere
-- Filip Chytil -- Kaapo Kakko
Dryden Hunt -- Kevin Rooney -- Ryan Reaves
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Patrik Nemeth -- Braden Schneider
Alexandar Georgiev
Igor Shesterkin
Scratched:Libor Hajek, Greg McKegg, Julien Gauthier, Justin Braun
Injured:Tyler Motte (upper body), Artemi Panarin (upper body), Andrew Copp (lower body)
Status report
Ovechkin is considered a game-time decision. The forward, who has scored 50 goals this season, has missed the past two games because of an upper-body injury. … Backstrom could be scratched after the forward played 17:13 in the Capitals' 5-1 loss to the New York Islanders on Thursday. He was scratched the last time the Capitals played the second game in a back to back, April 10 against the Boston Bruins after playing against the Pittsburgh Penguins on April 9. … Panarin and Copp each will miss his second straight game. Neither forward participated in the Rangers morning skate. They are expected to be ready to return for the start of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on May 2, coach Gerard Gallant said. … Zibanejad, Kreider, Trouba, Fox and Lindgren all could play after being scratched for precautionary purposes from the Rangers' 4-3 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday. … Georgiev will make his second straight start.