CAPITALS (40-30-9) at PENGUINS (41-22-16)
3 p.m. ET; ABC, TVAS
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Anthony Beauvillier
Aliaksei Protas -- Ilya Protas -- Tom Wilson
Connor McMichael -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime -- Justin Sourdif -- Ivan Miroshnichenko
Martin Fehervary -- Rasmus Sandin
Jakub Chychrun -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Cole Hutson -- Matt Roy
Logan Thompson
Mitchell Gibson
Scratched: Hendrix Lapierre, Ethen Frank, David Kampf, Declan Chisholm, Dylan McIlrath, Timothy Liljegren
Injured: Charlie Lindgren (upper body)
Penguins projected lineup
Egor Chinakhov -- Rickard Rakell -- Anthony Mantha
Elmer Soderblom -- Tommy Novak -- Justin Brazeau
Joona Koppanen -- Ville Koivunen -- Rutger McGroarty
Noel Acciari -- Kevin Hayes -- Avery Hayes
Ryan Shea -- Connor Clifton
Samuel Girard -- Jack St. Ivany
Ilya Solovyov -- Ryan Graves
Arturs Silovs
Stuart Skinner
Scratched: None
Injured: Sidney Crosby (lower body), Evgeni Malkin (upper body), Erik Karlsson (lower body), Kris Letang (upper body), Bryan Rust (lower body), Ben Kindel (upper body), Parker Wotherspoon (upper body), Connor Dewar (lower body), Filip Hallander (blood clot), Blake Lizotte (upper body)
Status report
Lindgren remains day to day, Capitals coach Spencer Carbery said; the goalie was to accompany the team to Pittsburgh after being a full practice participant Friday. ... Forwards Crosby, Malkin, Rust and Kindel each will not play along with defensemen Karlsson, Letang and Wotherspoon; all are day to day. ... McGroarty, Koivunen and Koppanen each was recalled under emergency conditions from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Saturday. ... Dewar, a forward, is week to week.
