Per Katie Carrera, the same twenty players that dressed against the Senators on Thursday night will skate against the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre. Center Nicklas Backstrom confirmed his health on Friday after taking a Mike Green slap shot off the right arm, so these will be the lines in front of Braden Holtby:
Marcus Johansson – Nicklas Backstrom – Alex Ovechkin
Martin Erat – Mike Ribeiro – Troy Brouwer
Jason Chimera – Mathieu Perreault – Eric Fehr
Aaron Volpatti – Matt Hendricks – Jay Beagle
Karl Alzner – Mike Green
That leaves Wojtek Wolski and Jeff Schultz as Oates’ healthy scratches, with Brooks Laich, Joel Ward, and Tom Poti out with injury.