The Caps and Sabres will face off in the second of a home and home series tonight at the Verizon Center. The Caps won 2-0 in Buffalo on Monday and will try to sweep the Sabres. Here is the lineup based on the morning skate.
Forwards:
Ovechkin-Backstrom-Oshie
Johansson-Kuznetsov-Williams
Chimera-Beagle-Wilson
Laich-Sill-Burakovsky
Defense and Goalies:
Alzner-Niskanen
Schmidt-Orlov
Chorney-Carrick
Holtby
Grubauer
Other Notes:
*Michael Latta will be out tonight after getting into a fight Monday night. So, the Caps have called up tough center Zach Sill from the Hersey Bears, that could also cause a bit more tension between the two teams.
*John Carlson did not skate this morning so it appears they will hold him out again tonight. From what I have read he was going to have a MRI just to see how long he might be out.
*Alex Ovechkin will continue to try to get closer to his 500th career goal, OV has played well this season even when he doesn't score.
*With Carlson out the Caps still did very well on Monday, I liked what I saw from Conner Carrick and Taylor Chorney has been good. It is also a chance for Dmitry Orlov to log more minutes and to show the coaches they can trust him.
*Braden Holtby was great again on Monday and will be back in tonight, I expect to see Philipp Grubauer tomorrow night in Carolina.
*Overall it's a home game against a sub par team in the Sabres, it is important to continue to play the right way and make it tough for them to get the puck past Holtby.
Gametime 7:00 p.m on CSN
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