Projected Lineups for the Penguins vs Capitals – 1/18/25

The Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Washington Capitals tonight at Capital One Arena. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

PENGUINS (19-20-8) at CAPITALS (30-10-5)

7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, MNMT

Penguins projected lineup

Rickard Rakell — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Michael Bunting — Evgeni Malkin — Anthony Beauvillier
Drew O’Connor — Kevin Hayes — Philip Tomasino
Blake Lizotte — Cody Glass — Noel Acciari

Marcus Pettersson — Matt Grzelcyk
Owen Pickering — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves — P.O Joseph

Joel Blomqvist
Alex Nedeljkovic

Scratched: Ryan Shea, Matt Nieto

Injured: Kris Letang (illness)

Status report

Letang, a defenseman, was a late scratch for a 5-2 win at the Buffalo Sabres on Friday.

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Capitals projected lineup

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

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

Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren

Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Alexander Alexeyev, Jakub Vrana, Hunter Shepard

Injured: Sonny Milano (upper body)

Status report

Lindgren, who has three games because of an upper-body injury, is expected to be activated from injured reserve Saturday.

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