The Washington Capitals are set to face the San Jose Sharks with projected lineup details and injury updates for both teams.,Key players are listed for each team, with several players scratched or injured, impacting potential game strategies.Capitals at Sharks projected lineups<\/p>\n
By NHL.com @NHLMedia December 03, 2025<\/p>\n
CAPITALS (16-9-2) at SHARKS (13-11-3)
\n10 p.m. ET; MNMT, NBCSCA, SN1<\/p>\n
Capitals projected lineup
\nAnthony Beauvillier — Dylan Strome — Alex Ovechkin
\nAliaksei Protas — Justin Sourdif — Tom Wilson
\nBrandon Duhaime — Connor McMichael — Ryan Leonard
\nSonny Milano — Hendrix Lapierre — Ethen Frank<\/p>\n
Martin Fehervary — John Carlson
\nJakob Chychrun — Matt Roy
\nRasmus Sandin — Trevor van Riemsdyk<\/p>\n
Charlie Lindgren
\nLogan Thompson<\/p>\n
Scratched: Declan Chisholm, Dylan McIlrath, Bogdan Trineyev
\nInjured: Nic Dowd (upper body), Pierre-Luc Dubois (lower body)<\/p>\n
Sharks projected lineup
\nTyler Toffoli — Macklin Celebrini — Will Smith
\nWilliam Eklund — Alexander Wennberg — Adam Gaudette
\nPhilipp Kurashev — Ty Dellandrea — Collin Graf
\nPavol Regenda — Barclay Goodrow — Ryan Reaves<\/p>\n
Dmitry Orlov — Timothy Liljegren
\nMario Ferraro — John Klingberg
\nSam Dickinson — Vincent Iorio<\/p>\n
Yaroslav Askarov
\nAlex Nedeljkovic<\/p>\n
Scratched: Shakir Mukhamadullin, Nick Leddy, Zack Ostapchuk
\nInjured: Jeff Skinner (lower body), Vincent Desharnais (upper body)<\/p>\n
Status report
\nThe Capitals did not hold a morning skate Wednesday following a 3-1 win at the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday. Lindgren is expected to start after Thompson made 24 saves on Tuesday. <\/p>\n
The Sharks held an optional morning skate Wednesday. Wennberg, who has an upper-body injury, took part in the skate and is expected to play, coach Ryan Warsofsky said. Michael Misa, a center who has been out since Nov. 1 because of a lower-body injury, was placed on long-term injured reserve Wednesday and assigned to San Jose of the American Hockey League on a conditioning assignment. Skinner, a forward who has been out since Nov. 13, participated in practice Tuesday but will not play. Desharnais, a defenseman, is week to week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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