The Columbus Blue Jackets 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.
BLUE JACKETS (37-33-9) at CAPITALS (50-20-9)
6 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, MNMT
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Boone Jenner — Sean Monahan — Kirill Marchenko
James van Riemsdyk — Adam Fantilli — Kent Johnson
Dmitri Voronkov — Cole Sillinger — Mathieu Olivier
Zach Aston-Reese — Sean Kuraly — Justin Danforth
Zach Werenski — Dante Fabbro
Denton Mateychuk — Ivan Provorov
Jordan Harris — Erik Gudbranson
Jet Greaves
Daniil Tarasov
Scratched: Christian Fischer, Jack Williams, Damon Severson, Luke Kunin, Yegor Chinakhov, Jack Johnson
Injured: Elvis Merzlikins (upper body), Jake Christiansen (upper body)
Status report
Greaves, who made 21 saves for his first NHL shutout in a 7-0 win against the Capitals on Saturday, could start his third game in four days.
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Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Taylor Raddysh
Connor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom Wilson
Andrew Mangiapane — Lars Eller — Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Anthony Beauvillier
Rasmus Sandin — John Carlson
Martin Fehervary — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Dylan McIlrath — Matt Roy
Charlie Lindgren
Hunter Shepard
Scratched: Alex Alexeyev, Ethen Frank
Injured: Jakob Chychrun (illness), Aliaksei Protas (lower body), Logan Thompson (upper body), Sonny Milano (upper body)
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Status report
Ovechkin is expected to return after being a healthy scratch Saturday.
Latest for THW:
- NHL 2025 Playoff Clinching/Elimination Scenarios – 04/13/2025
- Blue Jackets Crush Capitals Behind Jet Greaves’ First NHL Shutout
- NHL 2025 Playoff Clinching/Elimination Scenarios – 04/12/2025
