The Caps look to rebound tonight after a tough loss to the hand of the Penguins on Wednesday. Coming into town is old friend and new Blue Jackets bench boss John Tortorella. The Blue Jackets lost their first 9 games but have won two since Torts has taken over. Here is the lineup for tonights game.
Forwards:
Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Oshie
Johansson-Backstrom-Williams
Chimera-Beagle-Wilson
Burakovsky-Laich-Latta
Defense and Goalies:
Orpik-Carlson
Alzner-Niskanen
Schmidt-Orlov
Holtby
Grubauer
Other Notes:
*Michael Latta has been a healthy scratch since the Sharks game, he will return to the lineup tonight and Chandler Stephenson will take a seat.
*Also returning to the lineup will be Nate Schmidt, he will be taking Taylor Chorney's spot on the third defense pairing.
*Braden Holtby will indeed be in tonight, so don't be surprised if you see Philipp Grubauer gets the game tomorrow.
*The Caps had some good chances on Wednesday but the passing was a bit off. Tonight I believe the Caps will be back in the groove. They had a few days off leading into the Pens game.
*The Caps also need to simplify their game a bit and shoot the puck with guys in front of the net like they did during the five game winning streak.
*The Jackets still have some good players on their team, so the Caps have to come out hard. The Caps and Jackets played some emotional games last season and with John Tortorella I expect a hard nosed game from Columbus tonight.
*Overall the Caps are ok after losing the other night, but they need to get back on track tonight because the other teams in the Metro Division are playing well. If the Caps come out and have more tape to tape passes and traffic in front of the net then they should have success tonight.
Gametime 7:00 p.m on CSN
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