1. Good Guys
It looks as if the Caps’ lines for Game 1 are more or less set (whether you agree with them or not):
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, 2022These lines provide some balance, but watch for that top line to struggle defensively and warrant a bit of a reshuffling to add some defensive conscience (in a series that won’t have much).