Capitals at Sharks

CAPITALS (30-27-6) at SHARKS (18-32-12)

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Tom Wilson
Anthony Mantha -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Craig Smith
Sonny Milano -- Dylan Strome -- T.J. Oshie
Conor Sheary -- Nic Dowd -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Martin Fehervary -- Nick Jensen
Rasmus Sandin -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Matt Irwin -- Alexander Alexeyev
Gabriel Carlsson -- Vincent Iorio
Darcy Kuemper
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: None
Injured: John Carlson (head), Carl Hagelin (hip), Connor Brown (knee)
Sharks projected lineup
Fabian Zetterlund -- Tomas Hertl -- William Eklund
Andreas Johnsson -- Logan Couture -- Alexander Barabanov
Noah Gregor -- Nico Sturm -- Evgeny Svechnikov
Kevin Labanc -- Steven Lorentz -- Oskar Lindblom
Radim Simek -- Erik Karlsson
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Matt Benning
Mario Ferraro -- Jacob MacDonald
Kaapo Kahkonen
James Reimer
Scratched: Nick Cicek
Injured: Luke Kunin (knee), Markus Nutivaara (lower body), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body)
Status report
Kuemper is projected to start after making 21 saves in a 3-2 overtime win at the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday. ... Carlsson and Iorio each was recalled from Hershey of the American Hockey League on Friday. ... Forward Aliaksei Protas and defenseman Dylan McIlrath each was assigned to the AHL on Friday. ... Eklund was recalled from San Jose of the American Hockey League on Friday and will play on the top line. ... Johnsson moves to left wing on the second line and Labanc to left wing on the fourth line. ... Simek will play on the first defense pair with Karlsson and Ferraro on the third pair with MacDonald. ... Kahkonen is projected to start after Reimer made 17 saves in a 6-3 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Thursday.