Projected Lineups for the Capitals vs Rangers – 3/5/25

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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