Per Mike Vogel, Braden Holtby gets the nod in net for his fifth-straight start (with the team looking for its fifth-straight win). With Martin Erat a game-time decision yet again and Mikhail Grabovski still ailing, the lines and defensive pairings could look something like this:
Brooks Laich – Nicklas Backstrom – Alex Ovechkin
Martin Erat – Marcus Johansson – Troy Brouwer
Jason Chimera – Eric Fehr – Joel Ward
Nicolas Deschamps – Jay Beagle – Tom Wilson
That leaves Casey Wellman as a potential healthy scratch, with Mikhail Grabovski and Aaron Volpatti out with injuries, Jack Hillen headed to Hershey for another conditioning stint and Michal Neuvirth backing up Holtby.