The Caps are back on the road for one more game before the Winter Classic for a big game on the island to take on the Islanders. The Caps are coming off of a impressive 3-0 win in Pittsburgh. Here are the lines during the morning skate.
Forwards:
Chimera-Backstrom-Ovechkin
Johansson-Kuznetsov-Brouwer
Laich-Fehr-Ward
Beagle-Latta-Wilson
Defense and Goalies:
Orpik-Carlson
Alzner-Niskanen
Hillen-Green
Holtby
Peters
Other Notes:
*I expect Braden Holtby to be in between the pipes yet again as he has been too good to not put in the net. Arguably playing his best hockey of his career. Jaro Halak is expected to make his return to Islanders lineup tonight as well.
*Jason Chimera might find is way on the top line tonight after being a healthy scratch against Pittsburgh.
*It looks like Andre Burakovsky will be the forward that sits tonight with Chimera's return.
*Jack Hillen played with Mike Green in Pittsburgh and is taking rushes with him during the morning skate so it appears that Nate Schmidt will be a healthy scratch on defense.
*The Caps and Islanders played two emotionally charged games in November. Tonight if the Caps win they will pull up to 3 points behind the Isles.
*The Caps are trending up, and are heading in the right direction. It is important to keep the ball rolling tonight as the New York Rangers are on a roll as well as the Caps. So every point will be important from here on out.
*Gametime 7 p.m on CSN
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