Projected Lineups for the Lightning vs. Capitals – 3/1/25

The Tampa Bay Lightning take on the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena this afternoon. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

LIGHTNING (34-20-4) at CAPITALS (38-13-8)

12:30 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, MNMT, SNP, SNO, SNE, TVAS

Lightning projected lineup

Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Gage Goncalves
Mitchell Chaffee — Nick Paul — Michael Eyssimont
Zemgus Girgensons — Luke Glendening

Victor Hedman — J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Darren Raddysh
Nick Perbix

Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson

Scratched: Cam Atkinson

Injured: None

Status report

The Lightning have dressed 11 forwards and seven defensemen in their previous two games. 

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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
Martin Fehervary — Matt Roy
Jakob Chychrun — Trevor van Riemsdyk

Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren

Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Alexander Alexeyev, Jakub Vrana

Injured: Sonny Milano (upper body)

Status report:

Wilson, who was a late scratch for a 5-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Thursday, practiced Friday and is expected to play.

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