Capitals at Golden Knights

CAPITALS (25-17-6) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (28-16-2)

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel,
Sonny Milano -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Tom Wilson
Conor Sheary -- Lars Eller -- T.J. Oshie
Marcus Johansson -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Garnet Hathaway
Erik Gustafsson -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Alexander Alexeyev -- Martin Fehervary
Darcy Kuemper
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Anthony Mantha, Matt Irwin, Aliaksei Protas
Injured: John Carlson (head), Connor Brown (knee), Carl Hagelin (hip), Nic Dowd (lower body)
Golden Knights projected lineup
Chandler Stephenson -- Jack Eichel -- Phil Kessel
Reilly Smith -- William Karlsson -- Jonathan Marchessault
Paul Cotter -- Nicolas Roy -- Keegan Kolesar
Michael Amadio -- Byron Froese -- Jonas Rondbjerg
Nicolas Hague -- Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb -- Kaedan Korczak
Alec Martinez -- Ben Hutton
Logan Thompson
Adin Hill
Scratched: None
Injured: Brett Howden (lower body), Shea Theodore (lower body), Zach Whitecloud (lower body), Pavel Dorofeyev (undisclosed), Mark Stone (upper body), William Carrier (upper body)
Status report
Ovechkin did not participate in the morning skate (maintenance) and coach Peter Laviolette said the forward will be a game-time decision. Mantha took Ovechkin's place on the first line during the morning skate. … Howden, a forward, skated in a non-contact jersey but remains out.