Capitals at Bruins

CAPITALS (22-9-9) at BRUINS (22-12-2)

Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Garnet Hathaway
Aliaksei Protas -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Tom Wilson
Axel Jonsson-Fjallby -- Lars Eller -- Connor McMichael
Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Brett Leason
Martin Fehervary -- Nick Jensen
Matt Irwin -- Justin Schultz
Michal Kempny -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Vitek Vanecek
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Dennis Cholowski, Daniel Sprong
Injured: T.J. Oshie (lower body), Anthony Mantha (shoulder)
Suspended: Dmitry Orlov
COVID-19 protocol: John Carlson , Conor Sheary
Bruins projected lineup
Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- Craig Smith
Taylor Hall -- Erik Haula -- David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk -- Charlie Coyle -- Nick Foligno
Anton Blidh -- Tomas Nosek -- Curtis Lazar
Urho Vaakanainen
-- Charlie McAvoy
Matt Grzelcyk -- Brandon Carlo
Derek Forbort -- Connor Clifton
Linus Ullmark
Tuukka Rask
Scratched: Tyler Lewington , Oskar Steen
Injured: Trent Frederic (upper body), John Moore (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Mike Reilly
Status report
Orlov, a defenseman, was suspended two games by the NHL Department of Player Safety for kneeing Winnipeg Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers at 13:17 of the third period during a 4-3 overtime win Tuesday. … Jonsson-Fjallby was recalled from the taxi squad and is expected to play. … Foligno is expected to return after missing five games with a lower-body injury.