No morning skate today, but it’s likely that the Caps will go with the lineup that got them two points last night in Calgary, with Justin Peters taking Braden Holtby’s place between the pipes. With that in mind, here are the expected lines and D pairings for tonight’s matchup against the Canucks:
Alex Ovechkin – Nicklas Backstrom – Eric Fehr
Marcus Johansson – Andre Burakovsky – Troy Brouwer
Jason Chimera – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Jay Beagle
Liam O’Brien – Michael Latta – Joel Ward
Justin Peters
That leaves Holtby riding backup tonight, Chris Brown and Jack Hillen as healthy scratches, Brooks Laich and Aaron Volpatti out with (hopefully) short-term injuries, and Dmitry Orlov and John Erskine out long-term.