The Toronto Maple Leafs take on the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
MAPLE LEAFS (9-6-2) at CAPITALS (10-4-0)
7:30 p.m. ET; MNMT, SN, TVAS
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Matthew Knies — Max Domi — Mitch Marner
Bobby McMann — John Tavares — William Nylander
Nicholas Robertson — Pontus Holmberg — Connor Dewar
Steven Lorentz — David Kampf — Ryan Reaves
Morgan Rielly — Jani Hakanpaa
Oliver Ekman-Larsson — Chris Tanev
Jake McCabe — Conor Timmins
Joseph Woll
Anthony Stolarz
Scratched: Philippe Myers, Alex Steeves, Simon Benoit
Injured: Auston Matthews (upper body), Max Pacioretty (lower body), Calle Jarnkrok (lower body), Dakota Mermis (upper body)
Status report
- Matthews is questionable to return; the center has missed four games.
- The Maple Leafs did not hold a morning skate Wednesday following a 3-0 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.
- Hakanpaa, a defenseman who has not played this season because of a lower-body injury, could return after being activated from long-term injured reserve Wednesday; he skated on the first pair with Rielly at practice Monday.
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Capitals projected lineup
Aliaksei Protas — Dylan Strome — Alex Ovechkin
Connor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom Wilson
Andrew Mangiapane — Hendrix Lapierre — Jakub Vrana
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Taylor Raddysh
Martin Fehervary — John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin — Matt Roy
Alexander Alexeyev — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Lars Eller
Injured: Jakob Chychrun (upper body), Sonny Milano (upper body)
Status report
- Eller was acquired in a trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday for a third-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft and a fifth-round pick (originally from Chicago) in the 2025 NHL Draft; the forward is not expected to play.
- Thompson becomes the first Capitals goalie to make consecutive starts this season.
- Forward Michael Sgarbossa was loaned to Hershey of the American Hockey League on Tuesday.
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