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CANUCKS (16-18-3) at CAPITALS (21-8-9)

2 p.m. ET; NHLN, SN, TVAS, NBCSWA, NHL LIVE
 

Canucks projected lineup

Elias Pettersson — Bo Horvat — Conor Garland

Tanner Pearson — J.T. Miller — Brock Boeser

Vasily Podkolzin — Jason Dickinson — Nils Hoglander

Tyler Motte — Juho Lammikko — Matthew Highmore

Oliver Ekman-Larsson — Tyler Myers

Quinn Hughes — Tucker Poolman

Brad Hunt — Luke Schenn

Thatcher Demko

Spencer Martin

Scratched: Kyle Burroughs, Alex Chiasson

Injured: None

COVID-19 protocol: Phillip Di Giuseppe, Justin Dowling, Alex Chiasson, Jaroslav Halak

Capitals projected lineup

Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — T.J. Oshie

Daniel Sprong — Nicklas Backstrom — Tom Wilson

Connor McMichael — Lars Eller — Brett Leason

Aliaksei Protas — Nic Dowd — Garnet Hathaway

Martin Fehervary — John Carlson

Trevor van Riemsdyk — Nick Jensen

Matt Irwin — Justin Schultz

Ilya Samsonov

Vitek Vanecek

Scratched: Dennis Cholowski, Michael Sgarbossa

Injured: Anthony Mantha (shoulder)

COVID-19 protocol: Dmitry Orlov, Carl Hagelin, Conor Sheary

Status report

Halak, a goalie, entered COVID-19 protocol Saturday and Martin was recalled from the taxi squad. … Oshie left in the first period of a 2-0 win at the New York Islanders on Saturday because of an upper-body injury and is day to day. … Sheary, a forward, entered COVID-19 protocol Saturday.