Washington Capitals forward T.J. Oshie was a non-participant in Capitals practice on Monday morning at MedStar Capitals Iceplex. Oshie left the Capitals last game against the Flyers with a lower body injury and did not return.
Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom and John Carlson are all on the ice for Capitals practice. All missed Saturday’s game with lower-body injuries.
T.J. Oshie is not on the ice. Was hurt late in the second period of Saturday’s game.
No Kuznetsov/Samsonov (covid protocols)
— Samantha Pell (@SamanthaJPell) May 10, 2021
Oshie was injured in a battle along the boards with Nicolas Aube-Kubel in the final seconds of the second period of Saturday night’s game against the Flyers. He did not return to the game.
T.J. Oshie goes down awkwardly after getting tangled up with Aube-Kubel in the corner. pic.twitter.com/PwSzKYAUnl
— Ryan Gilbert (@RGilbertSOP) May 9, 2021
In other news, the Capitals announced Monday morning that they have re-assigned defenseman Martin Fehervary, goaltender Pheonix Copley and forward Philippe Maillet from Hershey to the team’s taxi squad. Lines at Monday morning’s practice:
Capitals lines at Monday practice:
Ovechkin-Backstrom-Mantha
Sheary-Eller-Raffl
Sprong-Maillet-Wilson
Hagelin-Dowd-Hathaway
CarrOrlov-Schultz
Dillon-TvR
Chara-Jensen
Fehervary-CarlsonVanecek
Anderson
Fucale— Samantha Pell (@SamanthaJPell) May 10, 2021
The Capitals wrap-up their regular season schedule Tuesday night when they host the Boston Bruins at Capital One Arena. Puck drop is set for 7:00 PM.
By Jon Sorensen
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Iknow this is early but any idea on who the Caps will be protecting for the draft?