Per Mike Vogel, it looks like the Caps will stick with what’s working, with one possible exception – Liam O’Brien is a game-time decision and Chris Brown has been recalled to potentially take his place. So here’s what tonight’s lines and defensive pairings should look like (more or less) in front of Braden Holtby in net:
Alex Ovechkin – Nicklas Backstrom – Jay Beagle
Marcus Johansson – Andre Burakovsky– Troy Brouwer
Jason Chimera – Eric Fehr – Joel Ward
Michael Latta – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Chris Brown
That leaves Justin Peters backing up Holtby, Jack Hillen as a healthy scratch, and O’Brien (assuming he’s out), Brooks Laich (place on IR retroactively earlier in the day), Tom Wilson, Dmitry Orlov, John Erskine and Aaron Volpatti all out with injuries.