Connor Brown on the injured list. McMichael and Snively should be in vs Ottawa. Why Malenstyn over Milano?

In this edition of Locked on Capitals Dan talks about the defensive pairings that have gone unchanged since the start of the season. Dmitry Orlov moved up to the first pairing with John Carlson, while Martin Fehervary shifted down to play with Nick Jensen. The Erik Gustafsson-Trevor van Riemsdyk pairing stayed the same.

The Capitals also made some changes to the forward lines. Lars Eller moved up to the first line to play between Alex Ovechkin and Conor Sheary. Aliaksei Protas moved back up to the top 6, working on the second line with Dylan Strome and T.J. Oshie.

The Capitals will also get an opportunity to see Joe Snively and Connor McMichael because of the injury to Connor Brown and the suspension to Evgeny Kuznetsov. The Caps also called up Beck Malenstyn as insurance. If Malenstyn has any ice time it would add a physical aspect to the game that's been missing since Tom Wilson's absence.

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