Projected Lineups for the Capitals vs Penguins - 2/22/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Washington Capitals take on the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

CAPITALS (36-11-8) at PENGUINS (23-25-9)

3 p.m. ET; ABC, ESPN+, SN360, TVAS

Capitals projected lineup

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

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

Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren

Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Alexander Alexeyev, Jakub Vrana

Injured: Sonny Milano (upper body)

Status report

Milano has practiced this week in a no-contact jersey; the forward has played three games this season, most recently sustaining an upper-body injury against the Nashville Predators on Nov. 6.

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Penguins projected lineup

Rickard Rakell — Evgeni Malkin — Bryan Rust
Michael Bunting — Cody Glass — Emil Bemstrom
Anthony Beauvillier — Kevin Hayes — Philip Tomasino
Danton Heinen — Blake Lizotte — Noel Acciari

P.O Joseph — Kris Letang
Matt Grzelcyk — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves — Vincent Desharnais

Alex Nedeljkovic
Joel Blomqvist

Scratched: Ryan Shea, Matt Nieto, Vladislav Kolyachonok

Injured: Sidney Crosby (upper body), Bokondji Imama (upper body)

Status report:

Crosby is expected to be a game-time decision after missing practice Friday, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. The first-line center played four games for Canada in the 4 Nations Face-Off after missing the past two for Pittsburgh. … Malkin, a forward, said he will return from a lower-body injury that has held him out the past six games. … Rust, a forward, said he will play after being sidelined with a lower-body injury against the Philadelphia Flyers on Feb. 8.

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