Todd Reirden reorganizes his second line and swap pairs D, Devante Smith-Pelly returns

The Washington Capitals have once again changed lines for the fifth game against the Carolina Hurricanes tonight at 8 pm in Washington. Devante Smith-Pelly will be back in fourth row and Carl Hagelin will try to fill the gap left by TJ Oshie's injury.

Here is the new picture, according to the extraordinary reporter Isabelle Khurshudyan:

Caps projected in game 5:

Ovechkin, Backstrom Wilson
Vrana-Kuznetsov-Hagelin
Burakovsky-Eller-Connolly
Stephenson Dowd-DSP

Siegenthaler-Carlson
Orlov-Niskanen
Orpik Jensen

Holtby

– Isabelle Khurshudyan (@ikhurshudyan) April 20, 2019

Carl Hagelin essentially takes the place of Oshie, passing on the right side of Evgeny Kuznetsov for a very fast line. Living legend Devante Smith-Pelly will debut in the 2019 series in fourth line with Stephenson and Dowd.

Smith-Pelly took part in a lap with the morning team's penalty shoot-out.

The defensive pairs are also changed, with 21 years Jonas Siegenthaler next to John Carlson and Nick Jensen with Brooks Orpik. Defensive pairings have been a bit incoherent in games, so we'll have to see if that holds.

Smith-Pelly was warmly welcomed as he entered the pack ice of the MedStar Capitals Iceplex.

Devante Smith-Pelly receives a stirring enthusiasm #Casquettes fans in Arlington as he hits the ice.

– Adam Zielonka (@Adam_Zielonka) April 20, 2019

Head coach Reirden had already announced that Smith-Pelly would play in the fifth game. "In the situation where, to regain his game like last year at that time," said Reirden about Smith-Pelly's assignment to Hershey, "it was important for him to play a lot of minutes." Smith-Pelly played 20 games with the bears.

Complete coverage of the fifth match by RMNB

Additional reports of Elizabeth Kong.

Title photo: @Capitals