Caps practice is underway here at Wachovia Center. The big news is Sergei Fedorov is wearing a red jersey and Nicklas Backstrom is in grey. Here is how the lines look on paper:

Ovechkin-Fedorov-Kozlov
Laich-Backstrom-Semin
Cooke-Steckel-Bradley
Brashear-Gordon-Fehr
Laing-Fleischmann- (No Clark)

Jeff Schultz is not on the ice. He left the game early yesterday with back spasms, Steve Eminger is skating with John Erskine. Milan Jurcina is with Tom Poti, and Shaone Morrisonn is with Mike Green.

Cristobal Huet and Olie Kolzig are the goaltenders.

UPDATE: The Caps are practicing the power play right now. Brooks Laich has replaced Alexander Semin on the top unit. Sergei Fedorov and Mike Green are on the points with Laich, Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom up front. The second unit has Semin, Viktor Kozlov and Eric Fehr up front.

They are clearing emphasizing putting guys in front of the net. Fedorov is at the top of the zone by himself with Green and Backstrom on the wings and both Ovechkin and Liach near or in front of the net. On the second unit, Green is the guy at the top with Kozlov and Poti on the wings with Fehr and Semin down low.

Chris Clark has also joined the team on the ice late in practice at the other end of the ice in an orange jersey.

UPDATE: Bruce Boudreau was playing coy after practice about his line and power-play alterations. He said he switched the top two centers because he wanted to see what the change would like, but didn't commit to it for tomorrow night's game. I asked Mike Green if Boudreau had made any kind of changes like this during Hershey's run in either of the past two seasons. Green said the Bears power play was clicking pretty well each year so there was never really a reason to mess with it. He also said that wasn't his first ever fight last night, that he scrapped a couple of times when he was with Hershey.

Schultz told me he was still really stiff, and he's not sure about tomorrow. Steve Eminger would take his place in the lineup if he can't go.

- Corey Masisak