Projected Lineups for Blues vs Capitals –11/5/25

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

BLUES (4-7-2) at CAPITALS (6-5-1)

7:30 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, MNMT, truTV, TNT

Blues projected lineup

Pavel Buchnevich — Robert Thomas — Jimmy Snuggerud
Brayden Schenn — Pius Suter — Jordan Kyrou
Dylan Holloway — Dalibor Dvorsky — Oskar Sundqvist
Alexey Toropchenko — Nick Bjugstad — Nathan Walker

Philip Broberg — Colton Parayko
Tyler Tucker — Justin Faulk
Cam Fowler — Matthew Kessel

Jordan Binnington
Joel Hofer

Scratched: Mathieu Joseph, Alexandre Texier, Logan Mailloux

Injured: Jake Neighbours (leg)

Status report

Walker returns to the lineup in place of Joseph, a forward. 

Latest for THW:

Capitals projected lineup

Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Anthony Beauvillier
Aliaksei Protas — Connor McMichael — Tom Wilson
Sonny Milano — Hendrix Lapierre — Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Justin Sourdif

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

Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren

Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Declan Chisholm, Spencer Smallman

Injured: Ethen Frank (upper body), Pierre-Luc Dubois (lower body)

Status report

Sandin will play after missing five games because of an upper-body injury. … Frank skated in a regular jersey at the morning skate Wednesday but the forward will miss his third straight game.

Latest for THW:

Substack Subscribe to the THW Daily and never miss the best of The Hockey Writers Banner