CAPITALS (14-6-1) at LIGHTNING (11-7-2)
7:30 p.m. ET; MAX, TNT
Capitals projected lineup
Aliaksei Protas -- Dylan Strome -- Tom Wilson
Connor McMichael -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Taylor Raddysh
Hendrix Lapierre -- Lars Eller -- Andrew Mangiapane
Brandon Duhaime -- Nic Dowd -- Ivan Miroshnichenko
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin -- Matt Roy
Jakob Chychrun -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Charlie Lindgren
Logan Thompson
Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Alexander Alexeyev, Jakub Vrana
Injured: Alex Ovechkin (lower body), Sonny Milano (upper body)
Lightning projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli
Gage Goncalves -- Conor Geekie -- Cam Atkinson
Zemgus Girgensons -- Luke Glendening -- Michael Eyssimont
Victor Hedman -- J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg -- Nick Perbix
Darren Raddysh
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: None
Injured: Nick Paul (lower body), Mitchell Chaffee (undisclosed)
Status report
The Capitals are expected to dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 4-1 win at the Florida Panthers on Monday. ... Chaffee, a forward, will not play Wednesday after leaving in the second period of an 8-2 win against the Colorado Avalanche on Monday. ... The Lightning will dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen.
