The Caps are back home again tonight for the second of three straight at the Verizon Center as the unbeaten New Jersey Devils come to town. The Caps are off to a 1-0-2 start, after their 6-5 shootout loss to the Sharks head coach Barry Trotz is changing the lines up tonight. Here's tonights lineup.
Forwards:
Ovechkin-Backstrom-Brouwer
Laich-Burakovsky-Johansson
Chimera-Fehr-Ward
O'Brien-Kuznetsov-Brown
Defense and Goalie:
Orpik-Carlson
Alzner-Niskanen
Schmidt-Green
Holtby
Peters
What to Watch:
*Eric Fehr will make his season debut as a center tonight. He played on the first line RW for the first 3 games but Trotz is putting him with the "twins" tonight.
*Troy Brouwer will get a chance on the first line tonight, Brouwer had a solid game against San Jose and scored to tie the game in the third Tuesday night.
*Braden Holtby is back in net tonight after a rough outing against the Sharks. His counterpart will be Corey Schneider who is off to a great start this season.
*Part of the reason for the Devils fast start this season is the play of Mike Cammalleri who will be on the Devils first line with Travis Zajak and Jamomir Jagr.
*The Caps will have to have a strong defensive effort to beat the Devils tonight, a key will be there outlet passes because that was one of the reasons they struggled against San Jose.
*Chris Brown is back in the lineup tonight after being a scratch the last two games. He will skate with Liam O'Brien and Evgeny Kuznetsov.
*Brooks Laich moves up a line tonight with Burakovsky and Johansson.
*Another key is the faceoff circle. The Caps are struggling in that category so far this season.
*We will see if Mike Green can build off his fast start to the season, he has 2 goals and a assist in his first two games after missing the opener.
*Gametime 7 p.m. on CSN, Capitals Pregame Live on at 6:30
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