BLUE JACKETS (5-4-1) at CAPITALS (7-2-0)

5 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, MNMT

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Yegor Chinakhov — Sean Monahan — Kirill Marchenko

Cole Sillinger — Adam Fantilli — Mikael Pyyhtia

Zach Aston-Reese — Justin Danforth — Mathieu Olivier

James van Riemsdyk — Sean Kuraly — Dmitri Voronkov

Zach Werenski — Ivan Provorov

Jake Christiansen — Damon Severson

Jack Johnson — Jordan Harris

Daniil Tarasov

Elvis Merzlikins

Scratched: David Jiricek, Kevin Labanc

Injured: Boone Jenner (upper body), Gavin Brindley (finger), Erik Gudbranson (upper body), Kent Johnson (upper body)

Capitals projected lineup

Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Aliaksei Protas

Connor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom Wilson

Jakub Vrana — Michael Sgarbossa — Andrew Mangiapane

Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Taylor Raddysh

Martin Fehervary — John Carlson

Rasmus Sandin — Dylan McIlrath

Alexander Alexeyev — Trevor van Riemsdyk

Logan Thompson

Charlie Lindgren

Scratched: Sonny Milano, Hendrix Lapierre, Vincent Iorio

Injured: Matt Roy (lower body), Jakob Chychrun (upper body)

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate. … Tarasov will likely start in goal for Columbus after Merzlikins allowed six goals on 44 shots in a 6-2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Friday. … Washington placed Chychrun, a defenseman, on injured reserve and recalled Iorio, another defenseman, from Hershey of the American Hockey League.