With Alex Ovechkin‘s return to the lineup possible for tonight, Mikhail Grabovski‘s status unclear after he missed the end of last night’s game with a lower-body ailment and Casey Wellman recalled from Hershey (Nate Schmidt was sent down), not much is clear as to what tonight’s forward lines will look like, but here’s a guess as to what we’ll see in front of Braden Holtby in net if the captain and Grabo can’t go…
Marcus Johansson – Nicklas Backstrom – Troy Brouwer
Martin Erat – Brooks Laich – Eric FehrJason Chimera – Jay Beagle – Joel Ward
That would leave Ovechkin, Grabovski and Jack Hillen out with injuries, and Michal Neuvirth backing up Holtby.