Projected Lineups for the Capitals vs Hurricanes – 4/2/25

The Washington Capitals take on the Carolina Hurricanes tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

CAPITALS (48-17-9) at HURRICANES (45-24-4)

7 p.m. ET; MAX, TNT, truTV, TNT, TVAS, FDSNSO, MNMT

Capitals projected lineup

Aliaksei Protas — Dylan Strome – Ryan Leonard
Alex Ovechkin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom Wilson
Andrew Mangiapane — Lars Eller – Connor McMichael
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Anthony Beauvillier

Rasmus Sandin — John Carlson
Jakob Chychrun — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Martin Fehervary — Dylan McIlrath

Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren

Scratched: Alex Alexeyev, Ethen Frank, Taylor Raddysh, Matt Roy

Injured: Sonny Milano (upper body)

Status report:

The Capitals did not have a morning skate, following a 4-3 win at the Boston Bruins on Tuesday.

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Hurricanes projected lineup

Jackson Blake — Sebastian Aho — Seth Jarvis
Taylor Hall — Jack Roslovic — Andrei Svechnikov
Jordan Martinook — Jesperi Kotkaniemi — Logan Stankoven
Eric Robinson — Mark Jankowski — Tyler Jost

Jaccob Slavin — Brent Burns
Jalen Chatfield — Dmitry Orlov
Shayne Gostisbehere — Sean Walker

Frederik Andersen
Pyotr Kochetkov

Scratched: Scott Morrow

Injured: Jordan Staal (lower body), William Carrier (lower body)

Status report:

Staal, a forward, will miss his second straight game. … Carrier, a forward, participated in the morning skate in a non-contact jersey after returning to practice on Tuesday. He last played in a 4-0 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Jan. 4.

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