As the Washington Capitals begin their long road trip across the landscape of Western Canada, they will do so with a bit of a shake up amongst their top two forward lines.
T.J. Oshie, who has played as the top right wing across from Alexander Ovechkin for the vast majority of his Capitals‘ tenure, will swap positions with Andre Burakovsky, who had been serving as the right wing on the second line alongside center Nicklas Backstrom and left wing Marcus Johansson.
“Just want to get a few guys going,” head coach Barry Trotz said of the swap.