Projected Lineups for the Capitals vs Penguins – 4/17/25

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

CAPITALS (51-21-9) at PENGUINS (33-36-12)

7 p.m. ET; ESPN, SNP, SNO, SNE

Capitals projected lineup

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

Rasmus Sandin — Matt Roy
Alex Alexeyev — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Dylan McIlrath — Martin Fehervary

Clay Stevenson
Charlie Lindgren

Scratched: Jakob Chychrun, John Carlson, Ethen Frank

Injured: Aliaksei Protas (lower body), Logan Thompson (upper body), Sonny Milano (upper body)

Status report:

Stevenson will start in his NHL debut. … Chychrun and Carlson, each a defenseman, missed a 3-1 win at the New York Islanders on Tuesday for maintenance.

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Penguins projected lineup

Ville Koivunen — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Danton Heinen — Evgeni Malkin — Rickard Rakell
Connor Dewar — Joona Koppanen — Philip Tomasino
Kevin Hayes — Vasily Ponomarev — Valtteri Puustinen

Matt Grzelcyk — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea — Conor Timmins
Ryan Graves — Vladislav Kolyachonok

Alex Nedeljkovic
Tristan Jarry

Scratched: Filip Kral

Injured: Kris Letang (heart surgery), P.O Joseph (upper body)

Status report:

Letang is expected to recover in 4-6 weeks after having surgery to close a patent foramen ovale (small hole in his heart); the defenseman played a season-low 17:21 in a 4-1 loss to the Boston Bruins on Sunday. … Hayes will be a game-time decision after missing the past two practices with a lower-body injury; if he is unable to play, the Penguins could dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen.

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