The Washington Capitals take on the New York Islanders at UBS Arena this afternoon. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
CAPITALS (48-18-9) at ISLANDERS (33-32-10)
12:30 p.m. ET; MAX, MNMT, truTV, TNT, SN360, TVAS
Capitals projected lineup
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Aliaksei Protas — Dylan Strome — Ryan Leonard
Alex Ovechkin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom Wilson
Andrew Mangiapane — Lars Eller — Taylor Raddysh
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Connor McMichael
Rasmus Sandin — John Carlson
Jakob Chychrun — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Martin Fehervary — Matt Roy
Charlie Lindgren
Hunter Shepard
Scratched: Alex Alexeyev, Ethen Frank, Dylan McIlrath, Anthony Beauvillier
Injured: Sonny Milano (upper body), Logan Thompson (upper body)
Status report:
Neither team practiced Saturday after each team played Friday; the Capitals defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 5-3 and the Islanders defeated the Minnesota Wild 3-1. … Protas sustained a skate cut to his foot in the third period Friday; he was walking in the dressing room after the game with his foot wrapped and hoped to remain in the lineup Sunday.
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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
Injured: Mathew Barzal (lower body), Semyon Varlamov (lower body)
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