Projected Lineups for the Capitals vs Islanders – 4/15/25

The Washington Capitals take on the New York Islanders at UBS Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

CAPITALS (50-21-9) at ISLANDERS (35-33-12)

7:30 p.m. ET; MNMT, ESPN+

Capitals projected lineup

Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Anthony Beauvillier
Connor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom Wilson
Andrew Mangiapane — Lars Eller — Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Taylor Raddysh

Jakob Chychrun — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Rasmus Sandin — Matt Roy
Dylan McIlrath — Martin Fehervary

Charlie Lindgren
Clay Stevenson

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Scratched: Alex Alexeyev, John Carlson, Ethen Frank

Injured: Aliaksei Protas (lower body), Logan Thompson (upper body), Sonny Milano (upper body)

Status report:

The Capitals lineup will have a few game-time decisions. … Stevenson was recalled from Hershey of the American Hockey League on Monday and will back up Lindgren. … Goalie Hunter Shepard was reassigned to Hershey. 

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Islanders projected lineup

Anders Lee — Bo Horvat — Kyle Palmieri
Maxim Tsyplakov — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Simon Holmstrom
Pierre Engvall — Casey Cizikas — Hudson Fasching
Matt Martin — Kyle MacLean — Marc Gatcomb

Alexander Romanov — Tony DeAngelo
Adam Pelech — Ryan Pulock
Noah Dobson — Scott Mayfield

Ilya Sorokin
Marcus Hogberg

Scratched: Scott Perunovich, Adam Boqvist, Mike Reilly, Anthony Duclair, Tristan Lennox

Injured: Mathew Barzal (lower body), Semyon Varlamov (lower body)

Status Report:

Pelech will play after leaving in the second period of a 1-0 win at the New Jersey Devils on Sunday following an illegal check to the head by Devils forward Paul Cotter.

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