The Caps are in Vancouver, British Columbia to take on the Canucks in the second of three Western Canada showdowns. The Caps kicked off the road trip right with their 6-2 win in Calgary, we will see if they can continue that tonight. Here is the lineup.
Forwards:
Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Oshie
Johansson-Backstrom-Williams
Chimera-Beagle-Wilson
Laich-Stephenson-Burakovsky
Defense and Goalies:
Orpik-Carlson
Alzner-Niskanen
Schmidt-Orlov
Other Notes:
*I appears that Nate Schmidt will return to the lineup after being a heathy scratch for the last three games. It will be important for him to bounce back after a tough start in the first two games.
*Braden Holtby will be in once again tonight, but expect Phillipp Grubauer to start in Edmonton on Friday.
*Andre Burakovsky may be playing on the 4th line but I think he is playing well. He scored the other night after a great pass from Evgeny Kuznetsov.
*Marcus Johansson may not be lighting up the scoreboard but he has been screening the goalies that have lead to goals.
*The top line has been a difference maker so far this season and I don't expect anything different. I am very impressed with the development of Evgeny Kuznetsov, he has been playing with confidence and has been making the players around him better.
*Overall I expect this to be a good challenge for the Caps tonight, the Canucks are a talented team that is playing decent hockey so the Caps will need to keep to the plan and play the way they have been playing and it should be a good one.
Gametime 10:00 p.m on CSN
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