The Washington Capitals tackle the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Area tonight. Listed here are the projected/anticipated lineups sourced from NHL.com employees writers, unbiased correspondents, and others.
9 p.m. ET; MNMT2, KTVD, ALT2, TVAS2
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Aliaksei Protas
Connor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom Wilson
Andrew Mangiapane — Lars Eller — Jakub Vrana
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Taylor Raddysh
Jakob Chychrun — John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin — Matt Roy
Martin Fehervary — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Charlie Lindgren
Logan Thompson
Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Hendrix Lapierre, Alexander Alexeyev
Injured: Sonny Milano (higher physique)
Standing report:
- The Capitals held an optionally available morning skate Friday.
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Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Mikko Rantanen
Jonathan Drouin — Casey Mittelstadt — Valeri Nichushkin
Miles Wooden — Parker Kelly — Logan O’Connor
Joel Kiviranta — Ivan Ivan — Nikolai Kovalenko
Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Samuel Girard — Josh Manson
Calvin de Haan — Sam Malinski
Justus Annunen
Trent Miner
Scratched: John Ludvig, Oliver Kylington
Injured: Alexandar Georgiev (higher physique), Ross Colton (damaged foot), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)
Standing report
- Nichushkin will make his season debut; he was reinstated after being in Stage 3 of the NHL/NHL Gamers’ Affiliation Participant Help Program since Might 13, which included being suspended with out pay for at least six months.
- Drouin and Wooden every will return after an upper-body harm; Drouin missed 16 video games and Wooden missed seven.
- Georgiev is daily; the goalie didn’t take part within the Avalanche morning skate Friday.
- Miner was recalled from Colorado of the American Hockey League on Friday and can again up Annunen.
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