Tom Wilson will make his NHL debut on the fourth line with Martin Erat out with an upper-body injury, so expect these lines and pairings tonight, with Braden Holtby in net:
Marcus Johansson – Nicklas Backstrom – Alex Ovechkin
Eric Fehr – Mike Ribeiro – Troy Brouwer
Jason Chimera – Mathieu Perreault – Joel Ward
Matt Hendricks – Jay Beagle – Tom Wilson
That leaves Jeff Schultz, Wojtek Wolski, Tom Poti and Aaron Volpatti as healthy scratches, and Erat and Brooks Laich out with injury.
At the other end of the rink, the Rangers‘ are projected to look a little something like this in front of Henrik Lundqvist:
Rick Nash– Derek Stepan – Ryan Callahan
Brian Boyle – Derick Brassard – Mats Zuccarello
Taylor Pyatt – Brad Richards – Carl Hagelin
Ryane Clowe – Derek Dorsett – Arron Asham