CAPITALS (17-6-2) at MAPLE LEAFS (16-7-2)
7 p.m. ET; TVAS, TSN, MNMT
Capitals projected lineup
Aliaksei Protas -- Dylan Strome -- Tom Wilson
Connor McMichael -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Taylor Raddysh
Hendrix Lapierre -- Lars Eller -- Andrew Mangiapane
Brandon Duhaime -- Nic Dowd -- Ivan Miroshnichenko
Jakob Chychrun -- John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin -- Matt Roy
Martin Fehervary -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Charlie Lindgren
Logan Thompson
Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Alexander Alexeyev, Jakub Vrana
Injured: Alex Ovechkin (lower body), Sonny Milano (upper body)
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Matthew Knies -- Auston Matthews -- Mitch Marner
Pontus Holmberg -- John Tavares -- William Nylander
Nicholas Robertson -- Fraser Minten -- Steven Lorentz
Nikita Grebenkin -- Connor Dewar -- Ryan Reaves
Morgan Rielly -- Phillippe Myers
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Chris Tanev
Simon Benoit -- Conor Timmins
Anthony Stolarz
Joseph Woll
Scratched: Marshal Rifai, Alex Nylander
Injured: Jake McCabe (head), Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Bobby McMann (lower body), David Kampf (lower body), Max Pacioretty (lower body), Calle Jarnkrok (lower body), Max Domi (lower body), Dakota Mermis (upper body)
Status report
The Capitals will use the same 18 skaters as they did in their 2-1 overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday... McCabe, who will miss his third straight game, skated at an optional workout on Thursday and at morning skate on Friday. Coach Craig Berube said that he is "going in the right direction" but that he is not ready to play.
