The Caps return home tonight to take on a much improved Vancouver Canuck team. The Caps will look to get back on track after taking one on the chin in Toronto on Saturday. Here's what the lineup will look like.
Forwards:
Ovechkin-Backstrom-Wilson
Johansson-Kuznetsov-Brouwer
Laich-Fehr-Ward
Chimera-Burakovsky-Beagle
Defense and Goalies:
Orpik-Carlson
Alzner-Niskanen
Hillen-Schmidt
Holtby
Peters
What to watch:
*Braden Holtby is in net tonight after playing the second period against Toronto. Holtby has played very well in the games he has started in in the last 3 weeks.
*Brooks Laich will be bumped up and will play with Eric Fehr and Joel Ward. That means Jason Chimera will will drop to the 4th line.
*Evgeny Kuznetsov played well last Friday agaist the Islanders, we will see if he can grow into the 2nd line center spot.
*Mike Green will probably still be out the rest of this week, however Jack Hillen has played pretty well in taking over for Green.
*The Caps need to start winning, every time this season when it seems like the Caps are starting to make progress they take another step back. Tonight is a big game because the Caps are 2 points behind the Rangers for 3rd in the Metro. Pittsburgh and NY Islanders are running away from the pack.
*Tom Wilson scored and had a nice fight on Saturday, Wilson is growing as a player. I personally love the fact that he plays with an edge. That is something the Caps need, and he will score more as his game develops even more.
*I expect the Canucks to go with Ryan Miller in net tonight. In my opinion Ryan Miller is the reason why the Canucks are back this year.
*Gametime 7 p.m on CSN
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