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The Washington Capitals held their gameday morning skate at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Wednesday. The Capitals begin their west coast swing of games tonight against the Ducks. Puck drop is set for 10PM ET.
MORNING SKATE
Defenseman Rasmus Sandin, acquired in a trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday, has arrived in Anaheim and skated in the Capitals morning skate on Wednesday. His status for tonight’s game is still uncertain. According to Tarik El Bashir, Sandin still has immigration issues/paper work to attend to.
Rasmus Sandin on the ice in Anaheim for @Capitals optional pregame skate pic.twitter.com/3vsKvjOrIg
— Al Koken (@RealSmokinAl) March 1, 2023
No line rushes were reported for Wednesday’s morning skate. For reference, the forward lines and defensive pairs at Tuesday’s practice in Anaheim. [* No longer with the team.]
Alex Ovechkin — Nic Dowd — Tom Wilson
Sonny Milano — Dylan Strome — T.J. Oshie
*Marcus Johansson — Nicklas Backstrom — Craig Smith
Aliaksei Protas – *Lars Eller — Nicolas Aube-Kubel
*Erik Gustafsson — Trevor Van Riemsdyk
Martin Fehervary — Nick Jensen
Alex Alexeyev – Matt Irwin
Darcy Kuemper
Charlie Lindgren
Extras: D Dylan McIlrath
Conor Sheary rejoined the Capitals after his wife gave birth to their second child, a boy, Callum.
Anthony Mantha (upper body) is no longer listed on the injured reserve list on NHL media website.
Lars Eller was traded to the Colorado Avalanche earlier in the day on Wednesday. [More Here]. Erik Gustafsson was traded to Toronto and Marcus Johansson traded to Minnesota on Tuesday [More here].
STAT OF THE DAY – CAPITALS LEAGUE RANKINGS
Today’s stat of the day is a re-tread from our latest weekly trends post (here). It lists 22 of the more important statistical categories, and the Capitals rankings for this week, the previous week and the change over a 20-day period. [Click to enlarge].
DOWN ON THE FARM
The Capitals announced Wednesday morning that they have signed forward prospect Ryan Hofer to a three-year entry level deal. [More Here].
SHAVINGS
- Los Angeles Kings longtime goaltender Jonathan Quick was dealt to the Columbus Blue Jackets last night. There are reports that Quick was not too happy about moving from sunny Southern California to Columbus, Ohio. 😬
To say Jonathan Quick is unhappy with the trade, I’m told, is “an understatement.”
The entire #LAKings team was a bit down after the game, a win, and you could understandably see it in Anze Kopitar’s face after a 4-goal night.
Tough deal, Kings trading a franchise legend.
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) March 1, 2023