Projected Lineups for the Capitals vs Jets – 3/25/25

The Washington Capitals take on the Winnipeg Jets at Canada Life Centre tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

CAPITALS (47-15-8) at JETS (48-19-4)

8 p.m. ET; TVAS, TSN3, MNMT

Capitals projected lineup

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

Rasmus Sandin — John Carlson
Jakob Chychrun — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Martin Fehervary — Matt Roy

Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren

Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Alex Alexeyev, Ethen Frank

Injured: Sonny Milano (upper body)

Status report:

Chychrun will be a game-time decision; he skated Tuesday and missed practice Monday after sustaining a cut near his right wrist from the skate of Florida Panthers center Aleksander Barkov during the first period of a 6-3 win Saturday.

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Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor — Mark Scheifele — Alex Iafallo
Nino Niederreiter — Vladislav Namestnikov — Cole Perfetti
Nikolaj Ehlers — Adam Lowry — Mason Appleton
Brandon Tanev — Rasmus Kupari — Morgan Barron

Josh Morrissey — Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg — Luke Schenn
Logan Stanley — Colin Miller

Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie

Scratched: Ville Heinola, David Gustafsson, Haydn Fleury

Injured: Neal Pionk (lower body), Gabriel Vilardi (upper body)

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Status report:

Vilardi, a forward, is week to week after being injured during a 5-3 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday.

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