Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Jonathan Drouin
Valeri Nichushkin -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Mikko Rantanen
Joel Kiviranta -- Ivan Ivan -- Logan O'Connor
Miles Wood -- Parker Kelly-- Nikolai Kovalenko
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Josh Manson
Oliver Kylington -- Sam Malinski
Alexandar Georgiev
Justus Annunen
Scratched: John Ludvig, Calvin de Haan, T.J. Tynan, Kevin Mandolese
Injured: Ross Colton (broken foot), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)
Capitals projected lineup
Andrew Mangiapane -- Dylan Strome -- Aliaksei Protas
Connor McMichael -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Tom Wilson
Hendrix Lapierre -- Lars Eller -- Jakub Vrana
Brandon Duhaime -- Nic Dowd -- Taylor Raddysh
Jakob Chychrun -- John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin -- Matt Roy
Martin Fehervary -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Ivan Miroshnichenko, Dylan McIlrath, Alexander Alexeyev
Injured: Alex Ovechkin (fractured leg), Sonny Milano (upper body)
Status report
Each team held an optional morning skate. … Georgiev was activated from injured reserve and could start after missing two games with an upper-body injury. … Ovechkin, a forward who left in the third period of a 6-2 win against the Utah Hockey Club on Monday, will be out 4-6 weeks. ... Mangiapane moves from the third line to first line, and Protas slides from the left side to the right. Lapierre replaces Mangiapane on the third line. … Milano, a forward, was moved to long-term injured reserve. He hasn't played since Nov. 6. … The Capitals recalled Miroshnichenko, a forward, from Hershey of the American Hockey League.
