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Lineup for Friday against Nashville just went up.

F1: Rick Nash, Derick Brassard, Kristian Huselius
F2: Fredrik Modin, R.J. Umberger, Jake Voracek
F3: Jason Chimera, Manny Malhotra, Andrew Murray
F4: Tom Sestito, Derek MacKenzie, Adam Pineault

D1: Fedor Tyutin, Rostislav Klesla
D2: Jan Hejda, Mike Commodore
D3: Christian Backman, Kris Russell

G1: Pascal Leclaire
G2: Dan LaCosta

This isn't precisely the full NHL lineup (No Mike Peca, no Boller, no Raffi, no 7th defenseman, LaCosta at backup instead of Norrena) but it's -awful- close. Don't be shocked if those defensive pairings and lineups are pretty similar what we see on 10/10 against Dallas.

If I had to make a guess, the top two lines are pretty much locked.

I would guess that the third line will actually end up being Boll - Peca - Murray, and fourth line going to Chimera - Malhotra - Dorsette or Chimera - Novotny - Malhotra.

I'm also thinking that the last D pairing might end up as Russell and Tollefsen with Backman as the 7th. We'll see, though. If it clicks? It clicks.