Projected Lineups for the Panthers vs the Capitals – 03/22/25

The Florida Panthers visit the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. 

PANTHERS (42-24-3) at CAPITALS (46-15-8)

5 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, MNMT

Panthers Projected Lineup

Evan Rodrigues — Aleksander Barkov — Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe — Sam Bennett — Mackie Samoskevich
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Jesper Boqvist
A.J. Greer — Nico Sturm — Jonah Gadjovich

Gustav Forsling — Seth Jones
Niko Mikkola — Nate Schmidt
Uvis Balinskis — Tobias Bjornfot

Sergei Bobrovsky
Vitek Vanecek

Scratched: Tomas Nosek

Injured: Brad Marchand (upper body), Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Dmitry Kulikov (upper body)

Suspended: Aaron Ekblad

Status Report: 

The Panthers did not practice Friday following a 1-0 overtime loss at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday. 

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Capitals Projected Lineup

Alex Ovechkin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Aliaksei Protas
Connor McMichael — Dylan Strome — 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: Dylan McIlrath, Alex Alexeyev, Ethen Frank

Injured: Sonny Milano (upper body)

Status report:

The Capitals held an optional practice Friday after a 3-2 win against the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday.

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