The Washington Capitals released the roster for their final preseason game against the Boston Bruins on Saturday evening (5 PM ET, Monumental Sports Network locally, NHL Network nationally).
Left-wing Andrew Cristall, the 40th overall pick from the 2023 NHL Draft who tallied 40 goals and 111 points with the WHL’s Kelowna Rockets last season, will dress with all the other expected Capitals’ opening-night starters against Boston. The 19-year-old has two goals in three exhibition games this fall.
Head coach Spencer Carbery said on Friday that goaltender Charlie Lindgren will play the entire game.
Here’s the Capitals’ lineup against the Bruins tomorrow. Spencer Carbery was non-committal today on if the Caps would use the final game as a chance to get one more look at someone on the fringe, but it looks like Andrew Cristall is getting that last look pic.twitter.com/JcWLXcLvXH
— Bailey Johnson (@BaileyAJohnson_) October 4, 2024
Here were the lines that the team used during practice on Friday before they placed defenseman Ethan Bear, center Michael Sgarbossa, and center Luke Philp on waivers:
Capitals at practice today:
Ovechkin-Strome-Mangiapane
McMichael-Dubois-Wilson
Milano-Lapierre-Protas
Duhaime-Dowd-Raddysh
Vrana/Miroshnichenko-Sgarbossa-CristallChychrun-Carlson
Fehervary-Roy
Sandin-TvR
Alexeyev-McIlrath
BearLindgren
Thompson
Shepard— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) October 4, 2024
Left-wing Jakub Vrana, who remains with the team on a PTO, has recorded a goal and an assist in four preseason games but will not dress on Saturday.
Washington will open the regular season on Saturday, October 12 vs. the New Jersey Devils.
By Harrison Brown