Capitals at Wild

CAPITALS (33-30-7) at WILD (39-22-8)

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Conor Sheary
T.J. Oshie -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Tom Wilson
Sonny Milano -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Craig Smith
Aliaksei Protas
-- Nic Dowd -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Rasmus Sandin -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Matt Irwin -- Gabriel Carlsson
Alexander Alexeyev -- Martin Fehervary
Charlie Lindgren
Zach Fucale 
Scratched: Anthony Mantha
Injured: John Carlson (head), Carl Hagelin (hip), Connor Brown (knee), Darcy Kuemper (upper body), Nick Jensen (lower body)
Wild projected lineup
Sammy Walker -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy
Brandon Duhaime -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Oskar Sundqvist
Mason Shaw -- Connor Dewar -- Ryan Reaves
Jake Middleton -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Matt Dumba
John Klingberg -- Alex Goligoski
Marc-Andre Fleury
Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Sam Steel, Calen Addison, Jon Merrill
Injured: Kirill Kaprizov (lower body), Gustav Nyquist (shoulder), Marcus Foligno (lower body)
Status report
Kuemper, a goalie, left practice early Saturday and Fucale was recalled from Hershey of the American Hockey League. … Jensen, a defenseman, is expected to miss a second straight game and is day to day. … Fleury is expected to start after Gustavsson made 33 saves in a 5-2 loss to the Boston Bruins on Saturday. ... Foligno, a forward, will miss a second straight game. … Middleton is expected to return after missing two games with an illness. … Duhaime is expected to return after missing seven games with an upper-body injury. … Brodin is expected to return after missing 12 games with a lower-body injury.