CAPITALS (7-6-1) at LIGHTNING (7-5-2)
7 p.m. ET; The Spot, MNMT2
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Anthony Beauvillier
Aliaksei Protas — Connor McMichael — Tom Wilson
Ethen Frank — Hendrix Lapierre — Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Justin Sourdif
Martin Fehervary — John Carlson
Jakob Chychrun — Matt Roy
Rasmus Sandin — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Sonny Milano, Dylan McIlrath, Declan Chisholm
Injured: Pierre-Luc Dubois (lower body)
Lightning projected lineup
Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Dominic James — Oliver Bjorkstrand
Zemgus Girgensons — Yanni Gourde — Pontus Holmberg
Jack Finley — Gage Goncalves
Victor Hedman — J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Charle-Edouard D’Astous — Emil Lilleberg
Darren Raddysh
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Curtis Douglas, Max Crozier
Injured: Nick Paul (upper body), Anthony Cirelli (upper body)
Status report
Frank will be back in the lineup after missing four games with an upper-body injury after colliding with Dallas Stars forward Mikko Rantanen on October 28. In a corresponding move, forward Spencer Smallman was assigned to Hershey of the AHL. … Cirelli, a forward, will not play and is questionable for Wednesday’s game at the New York Rangers. … Paul, a forward, was a participant in the morning skate, but is not expected to play. He has not played yet this season.
