Per Mike Vogel, it’s more of the same for Barry Trotz‘s Caps, so expect to see the following lines and defensive pairings in front of Braden Holtby, who will be making his 26th consecutive appearance in net:
Alex Ovechkin – Nicklas Backstrom – Andre Burakovsky
Marcus Johansson – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Troy Brouwer
Brooks Laich – Eric Fehr – Joel Ward
Jason Chimera – Jay Beagle – Tom Wilson
That leaves Justin Peters (who is expected to start Saturday in Dallas) backing up Holtby, Michael Latta and Steve Oleksy as healthy scratches, and Dmitry Orlov, John Erskine and Aaron Volpatti still on the IR.