Washington Capitals Top 10 Prospects Rankings

1. Evgeny Kuznetsov, C - 2010 1st Round Pick Traktor Chelyabinsk

2. Stanislav Galiev, F - 2010 3rd Round Pick Hershey AHL 3. Andre Burakovsky, LW - 2013 1st Round Pick Erie OHL 4. Philipp Grubauer, G - 2010 4th Round Pick Hershey AHL 5. Chandler Stephenson, C - 2012 3rd Round Pick Regina WHL 6. Madison Bowey, D - 2013 2nd Round Pick Kelowna WHL 7. Zachary Sanford, LW - 2013 3rd Round Pick Waterloo USHL 8. Tomas Kundratek, D - Acquired in trade in 2011 Hershey WHL 9. Riley Barber, RW - 2012 6th Round Pick Miami University 10. Jaynen Rissling, D - 2012 7th Round Pick Calgary WHL

Washington Capitals Second Game Opening Lineup with Line Combinations

The Capitals switched up their first two lines with Ovechkin, Backstrom, and Johansson starting in the second game which is the home opener. Brouwer, Laich and Grabovski started the game in the opener at Chicago. The Washington Capitals Second Game Lineup vs. Calgary Flames

Lines

Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, Marcus Johansson

Troy Brouwer, Brooks Laich, Mikhail Grabovski
Jason Chimera, Eric Fehr, Joel Ward
Tom Wilson, Michael Latta, Martin Erat

Defensive Pairings

John Carlson, John Erskine
Mike Green, Karl Alzner
Connor Carrick, Jack Hillen

Starting Goaltender: Braden Holtby  Backup: Michal Neuvirth

Scratched: LW Aaron Volpatti, D Steve Oleksy, C Jay Beagle

Washington Capitals Actual Opening Night Lineup

The Washington Capitals Lineup

Lines

Troy Brouwer, Brooks Laich, Mikhail Grabovski
Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, Marcus Johansson
Jason Chimera, Eric Fehr, Joel Ward
Tom Wilson, Michael Latta, Martin Erat

Defensive Pairings

John Carlson, John Erskine
Mike Green, Karl Alzner
Connor Carrick, Jack Hillen

Starting Goaltender: Braden Holtby  Backup: Michal Neuvirth

Scratched: LW Aaron Volpatti, D Steve Oleksy, C Jay Beagle