Capitals at Penguins

CAPITALS (6-4-3) at PENGUINS (7-5-1)

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- T.J. Oshie
Jakub Vrana -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Tom Wilson
Conor Sheary -- Lars Eller -- Richard Panik
Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Brenden Dillon -- John Carlson
Zdeno Chara -- Justin Schultz
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Vitek Vanecek
Craig Anderson
Scratched: Daniel Sprong, Jonas Siegenthaler, Trevor van Riemsdyk
Injured: Brian Pinho (undisclosed)
Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Jason Zucker -- Evgeni Malkin -- Kasperi Kapanen
Zach Aston-Reese -- Teddy Blueger -- Brandon Tanev
Colton Sceviour -- Mark Jankowski -- Sam Lafferty
Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- Kris Letang
Mike Matheson -- John Marino
Marcus Pettersson -- Cody Ceci
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Yannick Weber, Frederick Gaudreau, Anthony Angello, Drew O'Connor, Chad Ruhwedel, Maxime Lagace
Injured:Jared McCann (lower body), Brian Dumoulin (lower body), Evan Rodrigues (lower body), Juuso Riikola (upper body), Zach Trotman (knee)
Status report
The Capitals could tinker with their top two lines. ... Pettersson could return after missing nine games with an upper-body injury. ... DeSmith is likely to back up Jarry after being unavailable against Washington on Sunday with an illness unrelated to COVID-19.