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Capitals projected lineup

Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Anthony Beauvillier

Connor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom Wilson

Andrew Mangiapane — Lars Eller — Ryan Leonard

Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Taylor Raddysh

Rasmus Sandin — Matt Roy

Alex Alexeyev — Trevor van Riemsdyk

Dylan McIlrath — Martin Fehervary

Clay Stevenson

Charlie Lindgren

Scratched: Jakob Chychrun, John Carlson, Ethen Frank

Injured: Aliaksei Protas (lower body), Logan Thompson (upper body), Sonny Milano (upper body)

Penguins projected lineup

Ville Koivunen — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust

Danton Heinen — Evgeni Malkin — Rickard Rakell

Connor Dewar — Joona Koppanen — Philip Tomasino

Kevin Hayes — Vasily Ponomarev — Valtteri Puustinen

Matt Grzelcyk — Erik Karlsson

Ryan Shea — Conor Timmins

Ryan Graves — Vladislav Kolyachonok

Alex Nedeljkovic

Tristan Jarry

Scratched: Filip Kral

Injured: Kris Letang (heart surgery), P.O Joseph (upper body)

Status report

Stevenson will start in his NHL debut. … Chychrun and Carlson, each a defenseman, missed a 3-1 win at the New York Islanders on Tuesday for maintenance. … Letang is expected to recover in 4-6 weeks after having surgery to close a patent foramen ovale (small hole in his heart); the defenseman played a season-low 17:21 in a 4-1 loss to the Boston Bruins on Sunday. … Hayes will be a game-time decision after missing the past two practices with a lower-body injury; if he is unable to play, the Penguins could dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen.