The Washington Capitals are set to face off against the New York Islanders on Sunday, despite a slew of injuries and absences.
Capitals Lineup:
1. Aliaksei Protas
2. Dylan Strome
3. Ryan Leonard
4. Alex Ovechkin
5. Pierre-Luc Dubois
6. Tom Wilson
7. Andrew Mangiapane
8. Lars Eller
9. Taylor Raddysh
10. Brandon Duhaime
11. Nic Dowd
12. Connor McMichael
13. Rasmus Sandin
14. John Carlson
15. Jakob Chychrun
16. Trevor van Riemsdyk
17. Martin Fehervary
18. Matt Roy
19. Charlie Lindgren
20. Hunter Shepard
Islanders Lineup:
1. Anders Lee
2. Bo Horvat
3. Kyle Palmieri
4. Maxim Tsyplakov
5. Jean-Gabriel Pageau
6. Simon Holmstrom
7. Pierre Engvall
8. Casey Cizikas
9. Hudson Fasching
10. Matt Martin
11. Kyle MacLean
12. Marc Gatcomb
13. Alexander Romanov
14. Tony DeAngelo
15. Adam Pelech
16. Ryan Pulock
17. Noah Dobson
18. Scott Mayfield
19. Ilya Sorokin
20. Marcus Hogberg
The Capitals will be playing with several key players missing due to injury, including Sonny Milano and Alex Alexeyev. Protas is expected to start despite sustaining a skate cut in the third period of Friday’s game.
The Islanders will also be without Mathew Barzal and Semyon Varlamov due to lower body injuries.
Source: https://www.nhl.com/news/washington-capitals-new-york-islanders-game-preview-april-6