The Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Washington Capitals tonight at Capital One Arena. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
PENGUINS (19-20-8) at CAPITALS (30-10-5)
7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, MNMT
Penguins projected lineup
Rickard Rakell — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Michael Bunting — Evgeni Malkin — Anthony Beauvillier
Drew O’Connor — Kevin Hayes — Philip Tomasino
Blake Lizotte — Cody Glass — Noel Acciari
Marcus Pettersson — Matt Grzelcyk
Owen Pickering — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves — P.O Joseph
Joel Blomqvist
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Ryan Shea, Matt Nieto
Injured: Kris Letang (illness)
Status report
Letang, a defenseman, was a late scratch for a 5-2 win at the Buffalo Sabres on Friday.
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Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Aliaksei Protas
Connor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom Wilson
Taylor Raddysh — Lars Eller — Ethen Frank
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Andrew Mangiapane
Rasmus Sandin — John Carlson
Martin Fehervary — Matt Roy
Jakob Chychrun — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Alexander Alexeyev, Jakub Vrana, Hunter Shepard
Injured: Sonny Milano (upper body)
Status report
Lindgren, who has three games because of an upper-body injury, is expected to be activated from injured reserve Saturday.
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