The Caps return home to take on the Detroit Red Wings at the Verizon Center tonight. Both teams have started their seasons with 4-2-2 records. The Caps will switch their lines up a little bit tonight. Here is what the lineup will look like.
Forwards:
Ovechkin-Burakovsky-Ward
Johansson-Backstrom-Brouwer
Chimera-Kuznetsov-Beagle
O'Brien-Latta-Fehr/Wilson
Defense and Goalies:
Orpik-Carlson
Alzner-Niskanen
Schmidt-Green
Holtby
Peters
What to Watch:
*It is unknown if Tom Wilson will make his debut tonight. According to Barry Trotz he will decide not Wilson on when he gets back in the lineup. So, on the 4th line it will either be Wilson or Fehr at RW.
*Mike Green looks to continue his great start. During the morning skate he was on the 1st powerplay unit, and John Carlson will be will Matt Niskanen on the 2nd unit now.
*I'm interested to see what Andre Burakovsky can do with Alex Ovechkin and Joel Ward. Ovechkin has been on a bit of a slump of late but has played well defensively.
*Jay Beagle has played well sense coming back from an injury. He will play with Kuznetsov and Chimera. That line has a lot of speed on it and they will need to use it against Detroit tonight.
*The Red Wings should be putting out Jimmy Howard tonight in net. The Wings are still a very tough team to play against. Caps have to have clean break outs and outlet passes. Another key is keeping the front of the net clean so Holtby can see pucks. So, Brooks Orpik will have to play a part in that.
*Braden Holtby had a strong game in Calgary Saturday, we will see if he can build off that and have another strong outing.
*Marcus Johansson is having a good start to the season because he is shooting the puck. Playing with Nick Backstrom he should get his chances tonight.
*Game is at 7:30 p.m on NBCSN, NHL Live comes on at 6:30.
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