The Montreal Canadiens battle the Washington Capitals for Game 2 of their first round matchup at Capital One Arena this evening. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
CANADIENS (WC2) at CAPITALS (1M)
Eastern Conference First Round, Game 2
7 p.m. ET; MNMT, ESPN, SN, TVAS, CBC
Washington leads best-of-7 series 1-0
Canadiens Projected Lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Josh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher
Patrik Laine — Alex Newhook — Ivan Demidov
Emil Heineman — Jake Evans — Joel Armia
Mike Matheson — Alexandre Carrier
Kaiden Guhle — Lane Hutson
Jayden Struble — David Savard
Sam Montembeault
Jakub Dobes
Scratched: Arber Xhekaj, Michael Pezzetta, Oliver Kapanen
Injured: None
Status report:
The Canadiens did not hold a morning skate. … Gallagher, who was absent from practice Tuesday, is expected to play.
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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 — John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin — Matt Roy
Alex Alexeyev — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Ethen Frank, Dylan McIlrath, Ethan Bear, Clay Stevenson
Injured: Aliaksei Protas (lower body), Martin Fehervary (lower body), Sonny Milano (upper body)
Status Report:
Fehervary had surgery to repair a meniscus injury in his right knee, and the defenseman will miss the remainder of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. … Protas, a forward, skated in a regular jersey before the morning skate and did 1-on-1 work with skills coach Kenny McCudden. … Alexeyev, who lost three teeth and chipped three others from taking a high stick late in the third period on Monday, skated and is expected to play.
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