Washington Capitals right-winger T.J. Oshie was a full participant in Saturday’s morning skate at MedStar Capitals Iceplex. Oshie returned to practice on Wednesday for the first time since sustaining a lower body injury against the Flyers last Saturday.
T.J. Oshie (lower-body) is on the ice for Capitals AM skate ahead of Game 1 of Caps-Bruins tonight. He’s centering the third line.
Sprong-Oshie-Wilson
— Samantha Pell (@SamanthaJPell) May 15, 2021
Oshie appears to be a go for tonight, but the Capitals have yet to officially clear him.
Vitek Vanecek was the first goalie off the ice which typically indicates he will get the start tonight in Game 1.
Evgeny Kuznetsov and Ilya Samsonov remain absent from the team (COVID-19 protocols).
Oshie was injured in a battle along the boards with Nicolas Aube-Kubel in the final seconds of the second period of last 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
The Capitals lines at morning skate:
Capitals lines at AM skate:
Ovechkin-Backstrom-Mantha
Sheary-Eller-Raffl
Sprong-Oshie-Wilson
Hagelin-Dowd-HathawayOrlov-Carlson
Dillon-Schultz
Chara-Jensen
Fehervary-TvRGoalies on the ice: Vanecek, Anderson
— Samantha Pell (@SamanthaJPell) May 15, 2021
Capitals power play units:
PP1: Carlson, Ovechkin, Backstrom, Mantha, Oshie
PP2: Orlov, Schultz, Eller, Wilson, Sheary
The Capitals and Bruins begin their best-of-seven first round series of the 2o21 NHL playoffs Saturday night at Capital One Arena. Puck drop is set for 7:15 PM on NBC.
By Jon Sorensen
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