The Washington Capitals take on the New York Islanders at UBS Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
CAPITALS (50-21-9) at ISLANDERS (35-33-12)
7:30 p.m. ET; MNMT, ESPN+
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 — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Rasmus Sandin — Matt Roy
Dylan McIlrath — Martin Fehervary
Charlie Lindgren
Clay Stevenson
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Scratched: Alex Alexeyev, John Carlson, Ethen Frank
Injured: Aliaksei Protas (lower body), Logan Thompson (upper body), Sonny Milano (upper body)
Status report:
The Capitals lineup will have a few game-time decisions. … Stevenson was recalled from Hershey of the American Hockey League on Monday and will back up Lindgren. … Goalie Hunter Shepard was reassigned to Hershey.
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Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee — Bo Horvat — Kyle Palmieri
Maxim Tsyplakov — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Simon Holmstrom
Pierre Engvall — Casey Cizikas — Hudson Fasching
Matt Martin — Kyle MacLean — Marc Gatcomb
Alexander Romanov — Tony DeAngelo
Adam Pelech — Ryan Pulock
Noah Dobson — Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
Marcus Hogberg
Scratched: Scott Perunovich, Adam Boqvist, Mike Reilly, Anthony Duclair, Tristan Lennox
Injured: Mathew Barzal (lower body), Semyon Varlamov (lower body)
Status Report:
Pelech will play after leaving in the second period of a 1-0 win at the New Jersey Devils on Sunday following an illegal check to the head by Devils forward Paul Cotter.
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