After losing seven games in a row head coach Mike Sullivan made some big changes to the Pittsburgh Penguins lineup going into Washington on Wednesday night.
Kasperi Kapanen found himself as a healthy scratch (which is another concern we can dig into for another day), while the defense pairings were completely shuffled around.
This was a change that seemed long overdue, especially given the struggles of the top defense pairing with Kris Letang and Brian Dumoulin. The latter’s struggles have been well documented over the past year, and especially in the first part of this season’s schedule, and it was getting painfully obvious that something needed to change.