Projected Lineups for the Capitals vs Blues - 11/9/24 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Washington Capitals take on the St. Louis Blues at the Enterprise Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

CAPITALS (9-4-0) at BLUES (7-7-0)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNMW, MNMT

Capitals projected lineup

Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Aliaksei Protas
Connor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom Wilson
Andrew Mangiapane — Hendrix Lapierre — Jakub Vrana
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Taylor Raddysh

Martin Fehervary — John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin — Matt Roy
Alexander Alexeyev — Trevor van Riemsdyk

Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren

Scratched: Dylan McIlrath

Injured: Jakob Chychrun (upper body), Sonny Milano (upper body)

Status report

The Capitals did not hold a morning skate after a 4-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday.
Thompson could start after Lindgren made 28 saves Friday.
Chychrun, a defenseman, could return after missing the past five games.

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Blues projected lineup

Pavel Buchnevich — Brayden Schenn — Jordan Kyrou
Alexandre Texier — Dylan Holloway — Jake Neighbours
Brandon Saad — Oskar Sundqvist — Kasperi Kapanen
Alexey Toropchenko — Radek Faksa — Nathan Walker

Ryan Suter — Colton Parayko
Pierre-Olivier Joseph — Justin Faulk
Scott Perunovich — Matthew Kessel

Jordan Binnington
Joel Hofer

Scratched: Zack Bolduc

Injured: Robert Thomas (ankle), Nick Leddy (lower body), Philip Broberg (knee), Mathieu Joseph (lower body)

Status report

Buchnevich will move to the wing after playing center most of the season.
Kapanen will return after missing the past four games with an upper-body injury and replace Bolduc, a forward.

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