The Washington Capitals take on the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
CAPITALS (39-14-8) at RANGERS (31-26-4)
7:30 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, MSG
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Aliaksei Protas
Connor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom Wilson
Andrew Mangiapane — Lars Eller — Ethen Frank
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Taylor Raddysh
Rasmus Sandin — John Carlson
Jakob Chychrun — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Martin Fehervary — Matt Roy
Charlie Lindgren
Logan Thompson
Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Jakub Vrana
Injured: Sonny Milano (upper body)
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Rangers projected lineup
Artemi Panarin — Vincent Trocheck — Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle — J.T. Miller — Mika Zibanejad
Brennan Othmann — Juuso Parssinen — Jonny Brodzinski
Brett Berard — Sam Carrick — Matt Rempe
K’Andre Miller — Will Borgen
Urho Vaakanainen — Braden Schneider
Calvin de Haan — Zac Jones
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Reilly Smith, Matthew Robertson, Arthur Kaliyev
Injured: Adam Fox (upper body), Chris Kreider (upper body), Adam Edstrom (lower body)
Status report:
Smith, a forward, will be a healthy scratch for the third consecutive game because of roster management purposes; the 2025 NHL Trade Deadline is Friday at 3 p.m. ET. … Kreider, a forward, was on the ice for the Rangers morning skate Wednesday, but remains on injured reserve and will miss his sixth straight game. … Fox, a defenseman, will miss his fourth game in a row; he’s also on injured reserve.
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