Alexander Ovechkin is a game-time decision because of a personal matter and the San Jose Sharks lineup is unchanged. Barry Trotz didn’t, and won’t, say how he’ll fill Ovechkin’s first line spot if the Russian doesn’t play. We’ve left him in the lineup as a result.
Check out our game preview while you wait for the 4 p.m. puck drop.
Sharks Lineup:
Joonas Donskoi – Joe Thornton – Joe Pavelski
Patrick Marleau – Logan Couture – Joel Ward
Matt Nieto – Tomas Hertl – Tommy Wingels
Barclay Goodrow – Chris Tierney – Mike Brown
Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Justin Braun
Paul Martin – Brent Burns
Brenden Dillon – Matt Tennyson
Martin Jones
Projected Capitals Lineup:
Alexander Ovechkin – Evgeny Kuznetsov – T.J. Oshie
Marcus Johansson – Andre Burakovsky – Justin Williams
Jason Chimera – Jay Beagle – Tom Wilson
Brooks Laich – Michael Latta – Sean Collins
Brooks Orpik – John Carlson
Carl Asner – Matt Niskanen
Dmitri Orlov – Nate Schmidt
Braden Holtby
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