Projected Lineups for Flames vs Capitals – 1/28/25

The Calgary Flames take on the Washington Capitals tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

CAPITALS (33-11-5) at FLAMES (24-17-7)

9 p.m. ET; TVAS, SNW, MNMT

Capitals projected lineup

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

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

Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren

Scratched: Alexander Alexeyev, Dylan McIlrath, Jakub Vrana

Injured: Sonny Milano (upper body)

Status report

The Capitals held an optional morning skate Tuesday.

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Flames projected lineup

Jonathan Huberdeau — Nazem Kadri — Jakob Pelletier
Blake Coleman — Mikael Backlund — Matt Coronato
Martin Pospisil — Yegor Sharangovich — Andrei Kuzmenko
Ryan Lomberg — Clark Bishop — Adam Klapka

Joel Hanley — Rasmus Andersson
Jake Bean — MacKenzie Weegar
Tyson Barrie — Brayden Pachal

Dustin Wolf
Dan Vladar

Scratched: Kevin Rooney, Daniil Miromanov

Injured: Connor Zary (knee), Kevin Bahl (undisclosed)

Status report

The Flames called up Klapka from Calgary of the American Hockey League earlier Tuesday. … Barrie, recalled from an AHL conditioning loan Tuesday, will play his first NHL game since Nov. 12.

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