The boys are back at it tonight after winning their 4th in a row last night against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Tonight they are North as they take on the improved Toronto Maple Leafs, here is the projected lineup for tonight's tilt.
Forwards:
Ovechkin-Backstrom-Oshie
Johansson-Kuznetsov-Williams
Chimera-Beagle-Burakovsky
Laich-Latta-Wilson
Defense and Goalies:
Schmidt-Carlson
Alzner-Niskanen
Orlov-Chorney
Holtby
Grubauer
Other Notes:
*Brooks Orpik has been out a while and I personally am concerned that it is worse that originally thought. The emergence of Nate Schmidt and Dmitry Orlov however has helped the Caps keep humming along.
*Braden Holtby will be back in tonight. It is the first time this season that Holts will play back to back nights. This is no a huge surprise because the Caps will be off till Thursday after tonight's game.
*The Caps top two lines have been really good lately but I would like to see the bottom two lines pitch in a little more in terms of points. Jason Chimera has done well but I would like to see Tom Wilson and Andre Burakovsky score a little more.
*The Caps defense has been pitching in quite a bit offensively lately, again that is being helped by Dmitry Orlov lately who is doing a great job.
*The special teams has been very good lately, we all know the power play is very good. However, it is the improved penalty kill which is making me optimistic. Last year is was around 15 or 16 in the league, right now it is ranked 8th.
*Overall it will be tough tonight in Toronto as they will be excited to play the Caps. The Leafs are buying into Mike Babcock's plan, and they are improving. They were at home last night waiting for the Caps to fly in. So, it will be a good battle tonight as we will see if the Caps can make it 5 on a row.
Gametime 7:00 p.m on CSN
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