The Caps are back home tonight has the Coyotes come to town. Tonight I consider a important early game for the Caps who have lost 3 in a row and 4 of the last 5. No morning skate so I will take my best shot at what the lineup will look like. Note that Tom Wilson may be held out since he played last night.
Forwards:
Ovechkin-Burakovsky-Ward
Johansson-Backstrom-Brouwer
Chimera-Kuznetsov-Fehr
O'Brien-Latta-Beagle
Defense and Goalies:
Orpik-Carlson
Alzner-Niskanen
Schmidt-Green
Peters
Holtby
What to Watch:
*Karl Alzner and Matt Niskanen were a -3 last night, I expect them to have a bounce back game tonight.
*Justin Peters should be in the net tonight considering Holtby played last night in Tampa.
*I am thinking Tom Wilson will get tonight off and that Liam O'Brien will be back in. I will be surprised if Wilson plays back to back nights.
*Martin Erat will make his return to the Verizon Center with the Coyotes.
*Caps special teams had a good game last night as they were 1-2 on the PP, and were perfect on the PK.
*Alex Ovechkin will look to get out of his goal scoring slump, note Burakovsky has been playing with OV and Ward but don't be surprised if Backstrom gets moved up a line, especially if they Caps fall behind.
*The key to tonight's game is simple, keep plugging away. The Caps can't get too frustrated if things don't go well. Play hard for 60 minutes and play smart.
*Gametime 7 p.m on CSN
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