The Capitals will kick off their first-round series against the offensive juggernaut that is the Florida Panthers tonight - and to have any sort of edge the Caps will need to find line combinations and defensive pairs that will give them the best output.
With that in mind, let’s take a look at how the team has been lining up at the most recent practices:
Capitals lines at Monday practice:
Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Sheary
Johansson-Backstrom-Wilson
Mantha-Eller-Oshie
Larsson-Dowd-Hathaway
Fehervary-Carlson
Orlov-Jensen
TvR-Schultz
Three goalies: Samsonov, Vanecek, Fucale— Samantha Pell (@SamanthaJPell) May 2, 2022Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Sheary
For how extremely offensively gifted Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov are, they are also pretty tough to play with.