It appears from the defensive pairings at Wednesday's morning skate that the New York Rangers will be without defenseman Michael Del Zotto for Wednesday night's game against the Washington Capitals.

Del Zotto had the flu and didn't travel with the team to Washington on Tuesday, at which time coach Alain Vigneault said it was doubtful he would play.

Justin Falk, who made his season debut for the Rangers on Saturday against the St. Louis Blues, was on the ice and is likely to take Del Zotto's place in the lineup.

Here are the projected lineups for the Rangers and Capitals on Wednesday:

CAPITALS

Marcus Johansson – Nicklas Backstrom – Alex Ovechkin

Brooks Laich – Mikhail Grabovski – Troy Brouwer

Jason Chimera – Eric Fehr – Joel Ward

Martin Erat – Jay Beagle – Tom Wilson

Karl Alzner – Mike Green

Alexander Urbom – John Carlson

Nate Schmidt – Steve Oleksy

Braden Holtby

Michal Neuvirth

Scratched: Aaron Volpatti

Injured: John Erskine (upper body), Jack Hillen (fractured tibial plateau)

RANGERS

Brad Richards – Derick Brassard – Ryan Callahan

Taylor Pyatt – Brian Boyle – Jesper Fast

Benoit Pouliot – Derek Stepan – Mats Zuccarello

J.T. Miller – Dominic Moore – Derek Dorsett

Ryan McDonagh – Dan Girardi

Marc Staal – Anton Stralman

Justin Falk – John Moore

Henrik Lundqvist

Cam Talbot

Injured: Carl Hagelin (shoulder), Rick Nash (concussion symptoms), Michael Del Zotto (flu)