Penguins look to get a split in Washington

Washington leads series, 1-0

The Washington Capitals recalled defensemen Karl Alzner and Tyler Sloan this morning as defenseman John Erskine is not expected to play tonight.

Capitals Lineup

Forwards

Ovechkin-Fedorov-Kozlov

Fleischmann-Backstrom-Semin

Laich-Steckel-Bradley

Fehr-Gordon-Clark

Defensemen

Morrisonn-Green

Poti-Jurcina

Alzner/Sloan-Pothier

Simeon Varlamov (5-2) will start in goal

Penguins pregame Report

The players have arrived at the Verizon Center as the Penguins look to get a split in Washington tonight and send the series back to Pittsburgh tied at 1-1.

While the buzz surronding this series has cleary been about Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin, some of the media buzz today has turned to NHL scoring champion Evgeni Malkin who struggled in game 1 and Capitals goaltender Simeon Varlamov.

There are not expected to be any