Alex Ovechkin missed this morning’s skate and is a maybe for tonight’s game against the Wild… but we’re betting he plays because… well, you know, that other blog’s name. [UPDATE: Ovechkin will not play after all.] (If Ovechkin can’t go, Andre Burakovsky will take his place). So here’s a look at what the lines and defensive pairings might look like against the Wild, with Braden Holtby between the pipes:
Andre Burakovsky – Nicklas Backstrom – Marcus Johansson
Curtis Glencross – Jay Beagle – Troy Brouwer
Jason Chimera – Eric Fehr – Joel Ward
Brooks Laich – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Tom Wilson
That leaves Justin Peters backing up Holtby, Michael Latta day-to-day with an upper body injury, and Dmitry Orlov and John Erskine still on the IR.