Per Katie Carrera, here are tonight’s lines, with Michal Neuvirth making his first start of the season and Nate Schmidt getting his first NHL game:
Marcus Johansson – Nicklas Backstrom – Alex Ovechkin
Brooks Laich – Mikhail Grabovski – Troy Brouwer
Jason Chimera – Eric Fehr – Joel Ward
Martin Erat – Jay Beagle – Tom Wilson
Schmidt draws in for an injured John Erskine, while Aaron Volpatti sits again as healthy scratch and Braden Holtby wears the baseball cap on the bench (Connor Carrick and Michael Latta were re-assigned to Hershey yesterday).