The Caps will take on the 6-8-5 Colorado Avalanche at the Pepsi Center tonight. The Caps are coming off a 2-1 OT win on Tuesday in Arizona. Here is what the lineup will be tonight.
Forwards:
Ovechkin-Backstrom-Wilson
Johansson-Burakovsky-Brouwer
Chimera-Beagle-Ward
Fehr-Kuznetsov-Latta
Defense and Goalies:
Orpik-Carlson
Alzner-Niskanen
Schmidt-Green
Holtby
Peters
What to watch:
*Braden Holtby will be back in net for the Caps tonight after his solid performance in Arizona. It does help that the Caps do not have back to back games this week.
*Chris Brown will be a scratch tonight as Michael Latta will return to the lineup.
*Liam O'Brien is still being bothered by a lower body injury and did not participate in the morning skate. No timetable to his return.
*Brooks Laich I think is hoping to be back Saturday at home against Buffalo, however I think that is still too soon.
*The Caps PK has killed off their last 14 penalties, hopefully that continues tonight.
*The Avs are having a tough start to their season but they still have a very talented team so this will be a tough game for the Caps. Last year it was the Avalanche speed that the Caps could not handle.
*Jay Beagle played well with Chimera and Ward the other night. So Barry Trotz is keeping him there for the time being.
*Jerome Iginla is a Colorado Ave, that is still kind of weird for me to think about. Iginla, has been one of the best wingers in the NHL in his career.
*The Hershey Bears lost in a shootout last night in Lehigh Valley by a score of 3-2. Dane Byers and Kris Newbury scored for the Bears and Philip Grubauer was in net.
*Gametime 9 p.m on CSN
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