Projected Lineups for the Capitals vs Lightning – 10/26/24

The Washington Capitals take on the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

CAPITALS (5-1-0) at LIGHTNING (4-3-0)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, MNMT

Capitals projected lineup

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

Jakob Chychrun — John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Martin Fehervary — Dylan McIlrath

Charlie Lindgren
Logan Thompson

Scratched: Sonny Milano, Alexander Alexeyev

Injured: Matt Roy (lower body)

Status report

• Roy, a defenseman, skated before practice Friday but did not travel for the game.

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Lightning projected lineup

Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Conor Geekie
Cameron Atkinson — Nick Paul — Michael Eyssimont
Zemgus Girgensons — Luke Glendening — Mitchell Chaffee

Victor Hedman — J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Nick Perbix

Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson

Scratched: Darren Raddysh

Injured: None

Status report

• Cirelli missed practice Friday for maintenance, but will be in the lineup.

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