STARS (4-0-0) at CAPITALS (1-1-0)

7 p.m. ET; Victory+, MNMT

Stars projected lineup

Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Wyatt Johnston

Mason Marchment — Matt Duchene — Evgenii Dadonov

Jamie Benn — Mavrik Bourque — Logan Stankoven

Sam Steel — Oskar Back — Colin Blackwell

Miro Heiskanen — Thomas Harley

Esa Lindell — Nils Lundkvist

Brendan Smith — Ilya Lyubushkin

Casey DeSmith

Jake Oettinger

Scratched: Alexander Petrovic

Injured: Matt Dumba (lower body), Tyler Seguin (lower body)

Capitals projected lineup

Aliaksei Protas — Dylan Strome — Alex Ovechkin

Connor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom Wilson

Jakub Vrana — Hendrix Lapierre — Andrew Mangiapane

Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Taylor Raddysh

Jakob Chychrun — John Carlson

Martin Fehervary — Dylan McIlrath

Rasmus Sandin — Trevor van Riemsdyk

Charlie Lindgren

Logan Thompson

Scratched: Sonny Milano, Alexander Alexeyev

Injured: Matt Roy (lower body), Nicklas Backstrom (hip), T.J. Oshie (back)

Status report

Seguin, a center, will miss his second straight game and is day to day. … Dumba, a defenseman, is week to week. … The Capitals held an optional morning skate Thursday. … Roy, a defenseman, will miss his second consecutive game and is day to day.