The Detroit Red Wings will play the Washington Capitals tomorrow night in Washington, DC (7 PM start on the NHL Network and Monumental Sports), and the Hockey News’s Sammi Silber reports that Alex Ovechkin will be part of a very NHL-ready lineup for the Caps:
Ovechkin and Miroshnichenko are expected to play on the first line together with Nicklas Backstrom at center. Evgeny Kuznetsov was centering the second line with Connor McMichael and Tom Wilson.
Here are the projected lines based on Wednesday’s group combos:
Alex Ovechkin-Nicklas Backstrom-Ivan Miroshnichenko
Connor McMichael-Evgeny Kuznetsov-Tom Wilson
Joe Snively-Nic Dowd-T.J. Oshie
Andrew Cristall-Mike Sgarbossa-Pierrick Dube/Alexander Suzdalev
Rasmus Sandin-John Carlson
Hardy Haman Aktell-Alex Alexeyev
Lucas Johansen-Vincent Iorio
Charlie Lindgren
Expect either Pierrick Dube or Alexander Suzdalev to sit up front, while Nick Leivermann and Logan Day figure to be the extra defensive pairing. Hunter Shepard will back up Lindgren.
