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T.J. Oshie And Trevor van Riemsdyk Miss Practice, Charlie Lindgren Returns, Team Photo Day: Notes From Capitals Tuesday Practice

Jon Sorensen


The Washington Capitals returned to work on Tuesday following an optional practice on Monday. The team will have the day off on Wednesday and travel to Montreal in advance of their tilt with the Canadiens on Thursday night.

TUESDAY PRACTICE

T.J. Oshie (upper body) did not participate in today’s practice. Oshie logged six shifts and 6:07 of time on ice in the first frame against the Tampa Bay Lightning before leaving the game last Thursday.

Trevor van Riemsdyk (upper body) was also absent from the ice at Capitals practice this morning.  The Capitals announced on Saturday that van Riemsdyk would miss at least a week.

Charlie Lindgren (illness) returned to practice. Today’s forward lines and defensive pairs courtesy of Tom Gulitti/NHL.com.

Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Tom Wilson
Conor Sheary — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Craig Smith
Sonny Milano — Nicklas Backstrom — Aliaksei Protas
Anthony Mantha — Nic Dowd — Nicolas Aube-Kubel

Martin Fehervary — John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin — Nick Jensen
Alexander Alexeyev — Matt Irwin

Darcy Kuemper
Charlie Lindgren
Mitchell Gibson

Peter Laviolette said after practice that Oshie and van Riemsdyk (both upper body) will not be traveling to Montreal for Thursday’s game.

The Capitals face the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday in their lone visit to Bell Centre this season. The Capitals have won three-straight games in Montreal and have earned at least one point in 19 of their last 20 games at Bell Centre (17-1-2, .900 points percentage), dating back to Nov. 28, 2009. [MORE HERE]

TEAM PHOTO

The Capitals took their 2022-23 team photo prior to today’s practice. They’ll add owner Ted Leonsis in open spot in front row via photoshop.

Alex D’Agostino from Capitals PR subbed for Connor Brown in the team photo today (second row, second from right between Carl Hagelin and Nick Jensen). Brown’s face will be photoshopped in later.

JOHN CARLSON

John Carlson recorded two assists on Sunday against the New York Rangers, marking his seventh multi-point game this season and the 141st of his career.

Carlson’s 141 career multi-point games are the sixth most among active defensemen (Erik Karlsson: 186; Brent Burns: 181; Kris Letang: 156; Victor Hedman: 148; Roman Josi: 143), while his 87 career multi-assist games are the seventh most among active blueliners. [MORE HERE]

STAT OF THE DAY – BLUELINE PERFORMANCE W/JOHN CARLSON

We have been closely following the performance of the Capitals Blueline since the return of John Carlson (five games) with the understanding that the players now on the roster are very close to what the team will lineup on opening night in October.

The following graph plots the time on ice (TOI), expected goals differential (xGF – xGA) and expected goals for percentage (xGF%) for each and every defensive pair combination deployed at five-on-five since Carlson returned. [Click to enlarge].

The Alexeyev-van Riemsdyk pairing continues to be the top performing pairing that has played for any significant amount of time since Carlson returned, closely followed by the Carlson-Fehervary pairing, who have rebounded significantly in recent games.

[The statistics used in this post are courtesy of Natural Stat Trick, MoneyPuck and the NoVa Caps Advanced Analytics Model (NCAAM). If you’d like to learn more about the statistical terms used in this post, please check out our NHL Analytics Glossary]

CAPITALS PLAYOFF ELIMINATION SCENARIOS

The Capitals will be eliminated from playoff contention with:

DOWN ON THE FARM

Connor McMichael scored his 16th goal of the season for the Bears Sunday afternoon against the Cleveland Monsters. He now has points in 10-consecutive games.

Alexander Suzdalev is off to a hot start in his first postseason on North American soil. Suzdalev recorded four assists for the Regina Pats in their 6-5 overtime win on Sunday night. Suzdalev’s last helper of the game was setup the game-winner in overtime. It came on the power play at 2:05 of the 15-minute extra frame.

Suzdalev has five assists in the first two games of the Pats first round series with the Blades.

Jake Karabela scored his first postseason goal Sunday night against the Sarnia Sting.

Unfortunately the Storm fell to the Sting, 5-4 in overtime, and now trail in the series 2-0.

SHAVINGS

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