Projected Lineups for the Capitals vs Sharks – 3/15/25

The Washington Capitals take on the San Jose Sharks at the SAP Center this afternoon. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

CAPITALS (43-15-8) at SHARKS (18-40-9)

5 p.m. ET; MNMT, NBCSCA

Capitals projected lineup

Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Aliaksei Protas
Connor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom Wilson
Andrew Mangiapane — Lars Eller — Taylor Raddysh
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Anthony Beauvillier

Rasmus Sandin — John Carlson
Jakob Chychrun — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Martin Fehervary — Matt Roy

Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren

Scratched: Alex Alexeyev, Dylan McIlrath, Ethen Frank

Injured: Sonny Milano (upper body)

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Sharks projected lineup

William Eklund — Macklin Celebrini — Tyler Toffoli
Collin Graf — Alexander Wennberg — Will Smith
Noah Gregor — Patrick Giles — Ty Dellandrea
Carl Grundstrom — Zack Ostapchuk — Barclay Goodrow

Mario Ferraro — Shakir Mukhmamadullin
Jimmy Schuldt — Vincent Desharnais
Marc-Edouard Vlasic — Timothy Liljegren

Alexandar Georgiev
Georgi Romanov

Scratched: Klim Kostin, Nikolai Kovalenko

Injured: Logan Couture (groin), Jan Rutta (lower body), Henry Thrun (upper body)

Status report:

Ostapchuk will make his Sharks debut after being acquired in a trade, along with Gregor, with the Ottawa Senators on March 7.

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