AVALANCHE (45-13-10) at CAPITALS (35-27-8)
12:30 p.m. ET; MNMT, NHLN, ALT, SN1, TVAS
Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog — Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas
Nazem Kadri — Brock Nelson — Valeri Nichushkin
Parker Kelly — Jack Drury — Nicolas Roy
Joel Kiviranta — Zakhar Bardakov — Gavin Brindley
Brett Kulak — Cale Makar
Devon Toews — Sam Malinski
Josh Manson — Brent Burns
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Nick Blankenburg
Injured: Ross Colton (upper body), Artturi Lehkonen (upper body), Logan O’Connor (hip surgery)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Anthony Beauvillier
Aleksei Protas — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom Wilson
Connor McMichael — Justin Sourdif — Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime — Hendrix Lapierre — Ethen Frank
Martin Fehervary — Rasmus Sandin
Jakub Chychrun — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Cole Hutson — Matt Roy
Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: David Kampf, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Declan Chisholm, Dylan McIlrath, Timothy Liljegren
Injured: None
Status report
The Avalanche did not practice Saturday following a 4-1 win at the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday. … Landeskog could return; the forward, who has missed six games with a lower-body injury, skated Friday. … The Avalanche reassigned forward Ivan Ivan to Colorado of the American Hockey League on Friday. … The Capitals held an optional practice Saturday.