Per Katie Carrera, Adam Oates goes back to his old top trio against the Rangers, while Jason Chimera moves into the top six, with Philipp Grubauer in net (as usual). Here are tonight’s probable lines and defensive pairings:
Marcus Johansson – Nicklas Backstrom – Alex Ovechkin
Jason Chimera – Mikhail Grabovski – Troy Brouwer
Martin Erat – Brooks Laich – Joel Ward
Eric Fehr – Jay Beagle – Tom Wilson
That leaves Aaron Volpatti, Steve Oleksy and either Braden Holtby or Michal Neuvirth as a healthy scratch (with the other backing up Grubauer), and Jack Hillen the lone injured scratch.