Projected Lineups for the Stars vs Capitals – 10/17/24

The Dallas Stars face the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

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)

Status report

• Seguin, a center, will miss his second straight game and is day to day.
• Dumba, a defenseman, is week to week.

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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

• The Capitals held an optional morning skate Thursday.
• Roy, a defenseman, will miss his second consecutive game and is day to day.

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