Projected Lineups for the Canadiens vs. Capitals – 04/21/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Montreal Canadiens take on the Washington Capitals for Game 1 of their first round matchup at Capital One Arena this evening. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others

CANADIENS (WC2) at CAPITALS (M1)

Eastern Conference First Round, Game 1

7 p.m. ET; MNMT, ESPN, SN, TVAS

Canadiens Projected Lineup

Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Josh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher
Patrik Laine– Alex Newhook — Ivan Demidov
Emil Heineman — Jake Evans — Joel Armia

Mike Matheson — Alexandre Carrier
Kaiden Guhle — Lane Hutson
Jayden Struble — David Savard

Sam Montembeault
Jakub Dobes

Scratched: Arber Xhekaj, Michael Pezzetta, Oliver Kapanen

Injured: None

Status Report:

The Canadiens did not hold a morning skate.

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Capitals Projected Lineup

Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Anthony Beauvillier
Connor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom Wilson
Andrew Mangiapane — Lars Eller — Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Taylor Raddysh

Jakob Chychrun — John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin — Matt Roy
Alex Alexeyev — Trevor van Riemsdyk

Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren

Scratched: Ethen Frank, Dylan McIlrath, Ethan Bear, Clay Stevenson

Injured: Martin Fehervary (lower body), Aliaksei Protas (lower body), Sonny Milano (upper body)

Status Report:

Thompson could return after missing the final seven games of the regular season because of an upper-body injury. … Protas, a forward who missed the final six games because of a skate cut on his left foot sustained against the Chicago Blackhawks on April 4, skated before the start of the morning skate. Capitals coach Spencer Carbery said he expects Protas to play during the best-of-7 series at some point.