Capitals at Lightning

CAPITALS (5-0-3) at LIGHTNING (4-3-1)

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Tom Wilson
Anthony Mantha -- Connor McMichael -- Daniel Sprong
Carl Hagelin -- Lars Eller -- Garnet Hathaway
Brett Leason -- Hendrix Lapierre -- Conor Sheary
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Justin Schultz
Vitek Vanecek
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched:Dennis Cholowski, Matt Irwin, Aliaksei Protas
Injured: Nicklas Backstrom (hip), T.J. Oshie (lower body), Nic Dowd (lower body)
Lightning projected lineup
Alex Killorn -- Brayden Point -- Anthony Cirelli
Ondrej Palat -- Steven Stamkos -- Mathieu Joseph
Patrick Maroon -- Ross Colton -- Corey Perry
Taylor Raddysh -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare --
Alex Barre-Boulet
Victor Hedman -- Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev -- Andrej Sustr
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Scratched: Gabriel Dumont, Cal Foote
Injured: Nikita Kucherov (lower body), Zach Bogosian (lower body), Gemel Smith (lower body), Boris Katchouk (undisclosed)
Status report
Dowd, a forward, was placed on injured reserve Monday and Protas, a forward, was recalled from Hershey of the American Hockey League. ... Katchouk, a forward, was injured in practice Sunday and is day to day. ... Foote, a defenseman, is available and could replace Sustr in the lineup.