The Caps have the first of back to back games this weekend as they take on the Lightning in Tampa tonight. The Caps have lost 3 of 4 and need to have a strong weekend. Here is the lineup for tonights game.
Forwards:
Ovechkin-Burakovsky-Ward
Johansson-Backstrom-Brouwer
Chimera-Kuznetsov-Fehr
Beagle-Latta-Wilson
Defense and Goalies:
Orpik-Carlson
Alzner-Niskanen
Schmidt-Green
Holtby
Peters
What to Watch:
*Braden Holtby gets the start tonight, I assume that Ben Bishop will get the start for Tampa. Justin Peters is expected to get the start tomorrow night at home against Arizona.
*Liam O'Brien will be a healthy scratch for the first time this season as Eric Fehr returns to the lineup on the 3rd line with Chimmer and Kuz.
*One major thing tonight will be trying to keep Steven Stamkos in check tonight. So, the Caps have to stay out of the penalty box tonight. The Penalty Kill has not gotten much better and need to stay 5 on 5 as much as possible.
*Again the Caps need to cut down on turnovers, they have been beating themselves of late. So, if they can cut down on turnovers that means less odd man rushes for the Lightning.
*Hershey continues its hot start with a 4-0 win in Manchester last night. The Bears got goals from Dane Byers, Casey Wellman, Chris Brown, and Steve Olesky. Philip Grubauer got the shutout.
*Gametime 7 p.m on CSN Plus tonight because of Wizards Home Opener
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