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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