The Caps are in FLA to take on the Florida Panthers in the first of three on the road this week. Here is the lineup based on the morning skate.
Forwards:
Ovechkin-Backstrom-Oshie
Johansson-Kuznetsov-Williams
Chimera-Beagle-Wilson
Laich-Latta-Brown
Defense and Goalies:
Schmidt-Carlson
Alzner-Niskanen
Orlov-Chorney
Grubauer
Holtby
Other Notes:
*Chris Brown will make his season debut tonight, Brown was injured in a fight in the preseason and recently had a rehab stint in Hershey. Brown scored 17 goals for the Bears last year, and could be a good fit on the 4th line. Andre Burakovsky will be the healthy scratch tonight.
*Philipp Grubauer will be in tonight as Braden Holtby will get the night off. It will be the battle of backups as Al Montoya is slated to start for the Panthers tonight.
*Tom Wilson will again stay on the 3rd line, and has played better and better in this recent stretch. Hopefully he can start to turn a corner and can make a difference.
*Against the Red Wings the Caps did a great job on the forecheck. I think it will be important to do the same thing against the Panthers tonight.
*The Caps will be facing 43 year old Jaromir Jagr, who is playing great hockey this season. It will be important to stop him from being creative with the puck.
*Overall this is a chance for the Caps to gain some breathing room on the Rangers who fell in Vancouver last night. The boys are playing very well and it is important to start the road trip off right.
Gametime 7:30 p.m on CSN
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