Been a while, huh?

The sprint begins.

Matt Gilroy is in on defense, Mats Zuccarello in up front.

Sean Avery and Steve Eminger are  prucha’d.

Henrik Lundqvist vs. rookie Michal Neuvirth.

Here are the lineups according to Andrew Gross:

Rangers:
Vinny Prospal-Artem Anisimov-Marian Gaborik
Brandon Dubinsky-Derek Stepan-Ruslan Fedotenko
Wojtek Wolski-Brian Boyle-Brandon Prust
Mats Zuccarello-Erik Christensen-Chris Drury
Marc Staal-Dan Girardi
Ryan McDonagh-Mike Sauer
Bryan McCabe-Matt Gilroy

Capitals:
Alex Ovechkin-Nicklas Backstrom-Mike Knuble
Marco Sturm-Jason Arnott-Alex Semin
Brooks Laich-Marcus Johansson-Jason Chimera
Matt Hendricks-Boyd Gordon-Matt Bradley
Jeff Schultz-Scott Hannan
Karl Alzner-John Carlson
John Erskine-Mike Green

Rangers scratches: Sean Avery, Steve Eminger, Marty Biron
Capitals scratches: Tom Poti, Sean Collins, Tyler Sloan, D.J. King, Jay Beagle, Eric Fehr
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Oh, and the predictions contest is now closed. You can still enter the Beard Contest until Friday.