The boys are back in action after a nice Christmas break and a winning streak coming into the new year. The Montreal Canadians are in town, and they have been struggling a bit lately. Here is the lineup based on this morning's skate.
Forwards:
Ovechkin-Backstrom-Oshie
Johansson-Kuznetsov-Williams
Chimera-Beagle-Wilson
Laich-Latta-Burakovsky
Defense and Goalies:
Schmidt-Carlson
Alzner-Niskanen
Orlov-Chorney
Holtby
Grubauer
Other Notes:
*Alex Ovechkin has been playing well and is closing in on career goal #500, we will see if he can get closer tonight.
*Mike Condon will be in net for the Canadians, he got off to a hot start when Carey Price when down. However, he is not playing as well and Canadians are no longer in 1st in the East and are in dog fight in their division.
*Braden Holtby is back in the lineup after getting a day off in Carolina. With a break I'm sure we will see plenty of him in the next couple of months.
*The Caps need to get off to a good start tonight because the Canadians are cooling off lately and it is important to jump on them and try to frustrate them. It will be hard to get moving because of being off for a couple days but hopefully they refocus and play a heavy 60 minute game.
*Overall it has been a great season so far and now it's time to get into the second half of the season here in the next couple weeks strong. The Caps are in first place and are playing well. Hopefully they come back and get another two points.
Gametime 7:00 p.m on CSN
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