Per Katie Carrera, the Caps will go with mostly the same lineup that took out the Ducks Tuesday night, the lone exception centering the fourth line as Casey Wellman returns to Hershey and Chris Brown returns to the NHL. With Jaroslav Halak expected back in net yet again, here are tonight’s probable lines and defensive pairings:
Marcus Johansson – Jay Beagle – Alex Ovechkin
Evgeny Kuznetsov – Nicklas Backstrom – Troy Brouwer
Jason Chimera – Eric Fehr – Joel Ward
Dustin Penner – Chris Brown – Tom Wilson
That leaves Connor Carrick out as a healthy scratch, Wellman back in Hershey, Brooks Laich, John Erskine, Mikhail Grabovski and Aaron Volpatti out with injuries, and Braden Holtby backing up Halak.