Per Mike Vogel, the (recently unproductive) top-six stay the same and the (recently unproductive) bottom-six see a bit of a shake up, so expect the following lines and pairs in front of Braden Holtby in net:
Alex Ovechkin – Nicklas Backstrom – Tom Wilson
Marcus Johansson – Andre Burakovsky – Troy Brouwer
Jason Chimera – Jay Beagle – Joel Ward
Chris Brown – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Eric Fehr
That leaves Justin Peters as the back-up goalie, Michael Latta and Jack Hillen as healthy scratches, and Brooks Laich, Dmitry Orlov, Liam O’Brien, Aaron Volpatti and John Erskine out with injuries.