Per Katie Carrera, Philipp Grubauer gets yet another start tonight against Buffalo for the first of back-to-back road games. Here are tonight’s expected lines and defensive pairings:
Marcus Johansson – Nicklas Backstrom – Alex Ovechkin
Eric Fehr – Mikhail Grabovski – Troy Brouwer
Jason Chimera – Martin Erat – Joel Ward
That leaves Alexander Urbom and Michal Neuvirth as healthy scratches, Brooks Laich, Michael Latta and Jack Hillen out with injury, and Braden Holtby serving as the evening’s backup goaltender.