Projected Lineups for the Capitals vs Canucks - 1/25/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Washington Capitals take on the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

CAPITALS (33-10-5) at CANUCKS (20-17-10)

10 p.m. ET; CBC, SN, CITY, MNMT2

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

Charlie Lindgren
Logan Thompson

Scratched: Alexander Alexeyev, Dylan McIlrath, Jakub Vrana

Injured: None

Status report

Lindgren will start consecutive games for the first time this season after making 22 saves in a 3-0 win at the Seattle Kraken on Thursday, his first start since sustaining an upper-body injury during a 3-2 overtime loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Jan. 10.

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Canucks projected lineup

Danton Heinen — J.T. Miller — Brock Boeser
Nils Hoglander — Elias Pettersson — Linus Karlsson
Jake DeBrusk — Pius Suter — Conor Garland
Max Sasson — Teddy Blueger — Phillip Di Giuseppe

Quinn Hughes — Filip Hronek
Elias Pettersson — Carson Soucy
Derek Forbort — Vincent Desharnais

Kevin Lankinen
Thatcher Demko

Scratched: Mark Friedman

Injured: Kiefer Sherwood (lower body), Dakota Joshua (lower body), Noah Juulsen (undisclosed)

Suspended: Tyler Myers

Status report

Pettersson the defenseman is making his NHL debut for the Canucks. … Sherwood, a forward, will be a game-time decision after blocking a shot in the second period of a 6-2 loss at the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday. … Joshua, a forward, will miss his 10th straight game but skated with teammates for the first time Saturday morning and coach Rick Tocchet said he could return in one of the following two games.