The Penguins went 3-0-1 against the Washington Capitals last season. Pittsburgh is coming off a 3-2 OT win against the Philadelphia Flyers
Sidney Crosby has 7 goals and 12 assists in 11 career games against the Capitals and remains 1 goal away from 100 for his career.
Penguins Lineup
Dupuis – Crosby – Satan
Staal – Malkin – Sykora
Fedotenko – Talbot – Kennedy
Bissonnette – Zigomanis-Godard
D-Pairings
Orpik – Letang
Gill – Scuderi
Eaton – Goligoski
Marc Andre Fleury will start in goal
Scratches: Matt Cooke injury, Daryl Sydor (healthy), Bill Thomas?
With Capitals enforcer Donald Brashear out for tonight’s game, I’m hearing the Penguins may scratch Eric Godard and dress Bill Thomas. Will likely be a game-time decision but Godard did skate with the 4th line in the morning skate
Capitals Lineup
Ovechkin-Backstrom-Clark
Laich-Nylander-Semin
Fleischmann-Fedorov-Fehr
Steckel-Gordon-Bradley
D-Pairings
Morrisonn-Green
Poti-Schultz
Jurcina-Erskine
Jose Theodore will start in goal