The Chicago Blackhawks take on the Washington Capitals today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
BLACKHAWKS (21-44-10) at CAPITALS (48-18-9)
7 p.m. ET; CHSN, MNMT, NHLN, SN, TVAS
Blackhawks projected lineup
Ryan Donato — Connor Bedard — Ilya Mikheyev
Teuvo Teravainen — Frank Nazar — Tyler Bertuzzi
Landon Slaggert — Oliver Moore — Philipp Kurashev
Nick Foligno — Joe Veleno — Patrick Maroon
Alex Vlasic — Sam Rinzel
Wyatt Kaiser — Artyom Levshunov
Kevin Korchinski — Connor Murphy
Spencer Knight
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: Lukas Reichel, TJ Brodie, Louis Crevier, Ethan Del Mastro
Injured: Laurent Brossoit (knee), Colton Dach (elbow), Alec Martinez (hip), Jason Dickinson (wrist)
Status report:
Reichel will not play after the forward missed a team meeting Friday morning, Blackhawks coach Anders Sorensen said.
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Capitals projected lineup
Aliaksei Protas — Dylan Strome — Ryan Leonard
Alex Ovechkin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom Wilson
Andrew Mangiapane — Lars Eller — Taylor Raddysh
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Connor McMichael
Rasmus Sandin — John Carlson
Jakob Chychrun — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Martin Fehervary — Matt Roy
Charlie Lindgren
Hunter Shepard
Scratched: Alex Alexeyev, Ethen Frank, Dylan McIlrath, Anthony Beauvillier
Injured: Sonny Milano (upper body), Logan Thompson (upper body)
Status report:
Thompson is “definitely going to miss a couple games,” according to Capitals coach Spencer Carbery; the goalie left after the first period of a 5-1 loss at the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday. … Shepard was recalled from Hershey of the American Hockey League on Friday. … Roy will return after missing two games because of personal reasons.
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