Per Mike Vogel, there is the potential for the return of both Tom Wilson and Liam O`Brien… but with no morning skate, we likely won’t know until Barry Trotz speaks in about an hour. Stay tuned.
For now, however, here’s a look at what the lines could look like should the game-time decision on both be “no-go”, with Justin Peters taking over between the pipes:
Alex Ovechkin – Nicklas Backstrom – Jay Beagle
Marcus Johansson – Andre Burakovsky– Troy Brouwer
Jason Chimera – Eric Fehr – Joel Ward
Michael Latta – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Chris Brown
Justin Peters
That leaves Braden Holtby backing up Peters, Jack Hillen as a healthy scratch, and O’Brien, Brooks Laich, Wilson, Dmitry Orlov, John Erskine and Aaron Volpatti all out with injuries.