Per Mike Vogel, yesterday’s shuffle of the top-nine forwards at practice stuck through this morning’s skate, so expect the following lines and pairs in front of Braden Holtby in net:
Alex Ovechkin – Nicklas Backstrom – Troy Brouwer
Marcus Johansson – Andre Burakovsky – Brooks Laich
Jason Chimera – Eric Fehr – Joel Ward
Liam O`Brien – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Chris Brown
That leaves Justin Peters as the back-up goalie, John Erskine, Jack Hillen and Michael Latta as healthy scratches, Jay Beagle and Aaron Volpatti out with short-term injuries, and Tom Wilson and Dmitry Orlov out long-term.