The Washington Capitals had another optional morning skate ahead of their pre-Thanksgiving matchup against the Buffalo Sabres. Here is what you need to know from the morning skate.
Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery confirmed that Evgeny Kuznetsov will not play on Wednesday due to illness. Kuznetsov participated in the morning skate, and practiced on Tuesday, and participated in the extra skills session with skills coach Kenny McCudden, along with Lucas Johansen, Martin Fehervary, Matthew Phillips and Charlie Lindgren.
Evgeny Kuznetsov, Lucas Johansen, Matthew Phillips, Martin Fehervary and Charlie Lindgren are doing extra work w/ skills coach Kenny McCudden at the end of the morning skate. #Caps
— Tarik El-Bashir (@Tarik_ElBashir) November 22, 2023
Fehervary skated in a normal jersey for the first time. Carbery says that he is still progressing and will not play.
Martin Fehervary is on ice for Morning Skate, no longer wearing a non-contact jersey.#ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/r43wJB2cJU
— KMack Sports (@KMackSports) November 22, 2023
Darcy Kuemper will get the start in goal. He will face off against Devon Levi. Here are the projected lines for the Sabres.
Sabres’ lines and pairs at the morning skate indicate we’ll see 11-7 tonight:
Skinner-Cozens-Tuch
Benson-Mittelstadt-Peterka
Greenway-Jost-Olofsson
Girgensons-Krebs-OkposoDahlin – Ryan Johnson
Power – Jokiharju
Clifton – Erik Johnson
Samuelsson – Bryson— Lance Lysowski (@LLysowski) November 22, 2023
Puck drop is slated for 7 p.m. at Capital One Arena.
By Jacob Cheris