Per Mike Vogel, the Caps are sticking with what's been winning, with one change - a flip of bottom-six left wings. So expect these lines and defensive pairings in front of Braden Holtby when the Caps visit Ottawa with a chance to clinch a playoff berth:
Alex Ovechkin - Evgeny Kuznetsov - Joel Ward
Marcus Johansson - Nicklas Backstrom- Troy Brouwer
Curtis Glencross - Eric Fehr - Jason Chimera
Brooks Laich - Michael Latta - Tom Wilson
Brooks Orpik - John Carlson
Karl Alzner - Matt Niskanen
Tim Gleason - Mike Green
Braden Holtby
That leaves Justin Peters backing up Holtby, and Dmitry Orlov, Jay Beagle and John Erskine remaining out with injuries.
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