MAPLE LEAFS (9-6-2) at CAPITALS (10-4-0)

7:30 p.m. ET; MNMT, SN, TVAS

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Matthew Knies — Max Domi — Mitch Marner

Bobby McMann — John Tavares — William Nylander

Nicholas Robertson — Pontus Holmberg — Connor Dewar

Steven Lorentz — David Kampf — Ryan Reaves

Morgan Rielly — Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Jake McCabe — Chris Tanev

Simon Benoit — Conor Timmins

Joseph Woll

Anthony Stolarz

Scratched: Philippe Myers, Alex Steeves, Jani Hakanpaa

Injured: Auston Matthews (upper body), Max Pacioretty (lower body), Calle Jarnkrok (lower body), Dakota Mermis (upper body)

Capitals projected lineup

Aliaksei Protas — Dylan Strome — Alex Ovechkin

Connor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom Wilson

Andrew Mangiapane — Hendrix Lapierre — Jakub Vrana

Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Taylor Raddysh

Martin Fehervary — John Carlson

Rasmus Sandin — Matt Roy

Alexander Alexeyev — Trevor van Riemsdyk

Logan Thompson

Charlie Lindgren

Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Lars Eller

Injured: Jakob Chychrun (upper body), Sonny Milano (upper body)

Status report

Matthews is questionable to return; the center has missed four games. … The Maple Leafs did not hold a morning skate Wednesday following a 3-0 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday. … Hakanpaa, a defenseman who has not played this season because of a lower-body injury, could return after being activated from long-term injured reserve Wednesday; he skated on the first pair with Rielly at practice Monday. … Eller was acquired in a trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday for a third-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft and a fifth-round pick (originally from Chicago) in the 2025 NHL Draft; the forward is not expected to play. … Thompson becomes the first Capitals goalie to make consecutive starts this season. … Forward Michael Sgarbossa was loaned to Hershey of the American Hockey League on Tuesday.