Capitals at Canucks

CAPITALS (9-11-3) at CANUCKS (9-10-3)

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Conor Sheary
Sonny Milano -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- T.J. Oshie
Marcus Johansson -- Lars Eller -- Anthony Mantha
Aliaksei Protas -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Erik Gustafsson -- John Carlson
Martin Fehervary -- Nick Jensen
Matt Irwin -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Darcy Kuemper
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Joe Snively, Alexander Alexeyev, Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Injured: Nicklas Backstrom (hip surgery), Connor Brown (torn ACL), Carl Hagelin (hip surgery), Tom Wilson (torn ACL), Beck Malenstyn (upper body), Dmitry Orlov (lower body)
Canucks projected lineup
Nils Hoglander -- Bo Horvat -- J.T. Miller
Ilya Mikheyev -- Elias Pettersson -- Andrei Kuzmenko
Conor Garland -- Sheldon Dries -- Brock Boeser
Dakota Joshua -- Nils Aman -- Curtis Lazar
Quinn Hughes -- Luke Schenn
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Ethan Bear
Kyle Burroughs -- Tyler Myers
Spencer Martin
Thatcher Demko
Scratched: Riley Stillman
Injured: Jack Studnicka (undisclosed), Tanner Pearson (hand), Travis Dermott (concussion), Tucker Poolman (undisclosed)
Status report
Martin will make his third start in the past four games ahead of Demko, who made 32 saves in a 4-3 win at the San Jose Sharks on Sunday. … Mikheyev was the only healthy Canucks player that did not skate Tuesday morning but coach Bruce Boudreau said it was an optional practice and the forward will play against the Capitals.