#Caps sticking with essentially the same lineup. 90-19-8; 21-84-20; 25-16-42; 10-83-43. 27-52; 4-74; 61-58. Holtby in net.
— Katie Carrera (@kcarrera) October 5, 2013
Forward lines:
Johansson-Backstrom-Ovechkin
Laich-Grabovski-Brouwer
Chimera-Fehr-Ward
Erat-Beagle-Wilson
Defensive pairings:
Alzner-Green
Erskine-Carlson
Olesky-Carrick
Holtby (in net)
Adam Oates decided to go with the more experienced Olesky over recent waiver claim Alexander Urbom, probably because Urbom has only practiced with the team twice.
Here are the Stars forward lines and defensive pairings:
Stars lines: Benn-Seguin-Cole; Whitney-Eakin-Chiasson; Horcoff-Fiddler-Nichushkin; Roussel-Peverley-Garbutt
— Mark Stepneski (@StarsInsideEdge) October 5, 2013
Stars defense this morning: Goligoski-Gonchar; Dillon-Robidas;Daley-Benn
— Mark Stepneski (@StarsInsideEdge) October 5, 2013
Kari Lehtonen will be in goal for Dallas. Game time is at 8:00 PM EST.