The Caps are in Florida for a Halloween showdown with the Panthers. For the second time this season the Caps are playing on back to back nights. No morning skate so here is my projected lineup for tonight.
Forwards:
Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Oshie
Johansson-Backstrom-Williams
Chimera-Beagle-Wilson
Burakovsky-Laich-Latta
Defense and Goalies:
Orpik-Carlson
Alzner-Niskanen
Orlov-Schmidt
Grubauer
Holtby
Other Notes:
*Philipp Grubauer will start his second game of the season tonight with it being back to back nights. It will be a good chance for him to rebound from giving up 4 goals against the Oilers.
*The Panthers are playing back to back nights tonight as well so it is unclear if Roberto Luongo will play tonight or if they will go with Al Montoya.
*I believe Trotz won't change a lot from last night, if he does make changes you might see Taylor Chorney or Chandler Stephenson. Other than that I expect the lineup to be the same.
*Last night was a tough game offensively, tonight it will be important to give Grubauer some goal support tonight to take a little pressure off of him.
*The top line continues to be good but the second line is starting to find its way with Johansson, Backstrom, and Williams.
*Overall the Caps need to atlas get a point tonight, it is important to have a good start. With playing last night it will be difficult if they fall behind to come back.
Gametime: 7:00 p.m on CSN-plus
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