Per Alex Prewitt, Mike Green returns from a seven-game absence tonight to face the Jackets, sliding into his old spot alongside Nate Schmidt on the blueline. With the forward lines unchanged from the last two wins, here’s a look at what the lineup should be, with the back-to-form Braden Holtby manning the crease as usual:
Alex Ovechkin – Nicklas Backstrom – Tom Wilson
Marcus Johansson – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Troy Brouwer
Brooks Laich – Eric Fehr – Joel Ward
Jason Chimera – Michael Latta – Jay Beagle
That leaves Justin Peters backing up Holtby, Burakovsky out as a healthy scratch for his third-straight game (joining Jack Hillen), and Dmitry Orlov and John Erskine out with longer-term injuries.