Capitals Notebook: Beauvillier Draws Out & Roy Returns vs. Blackhawks, Lindgren Starts With Thompson Out For 'A Bit'

ARLINGTON, V.A. — The Washington Capitals will see some lineup changes on Friday against the Chicago Blackhawks, as Anthony Beauvillier will take his turn as a healthy scratch with rookie Ryan Leonard remaining in the lineup.

Beauvillier, along with Ethen Frank, took part in the scratches' skate after practice, as Taylor Raddysh will get the opportunity to draw back in after sitting out the last two games.

Matt Roy, who missed the last two games due to personal family reasons, will also make his return to the lineup as Dylan McIlrath slots back out. Alex Alexeyev remains the other scratch on defense.

Charlie Lindgren will start in goal with Logan Thompson set to "miss a little bit of time" due to an upper-body injury he suffered in the first period of Wednesday's loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. Hunter Shepard is up from the AHL's Hershey Bears to back up Lindgren, who now gets the "opportunity" to see some extended time in net with Thompson on the shelf.

Here are the projected combinations:

                                      Alex Ovechkin-Pierre-Luc Dubois-Tom Wilson

                                       Aliaksei Protas-Dylan Strome-Ryan Leonard

                                  Andrew Mangiapane-Lars Eller-Connor McMichael

                                       Brandon Duhaime-Nic Dowd-Taylor Raddysh

                                                         Rasmus Sandin-John Carlson

                                                 Jakob Chychrun-Trevor van Riemsdyk

                                                       Martin Fehervary-Matt Roy

                                                                     Charlie Lindgren

                                                                     Hunter Shepard

Puck drop is at 7 p.m. at Capital One Arena. All eyes are on Alex Ovechkin, who is three goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals record.