It’s game one of three over the next six days, with the Capitals in town to kick things off at the Coliseum.
The Capitals arrive without Justin Schultz:
Capitals lines at AM skate:
Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Wilson
Mantha-Backstrom-Oshie
Sheary-Eller-Raffl
Hagelin-Dowd-Hathaway
Orlov-Carlson
Dillon-TvR
Chara-Jensen
*No Schultz on the ice (lower body, day to day)
**Looks like Raffl will make his Caps debut— Samantha Pell (@SamanthaJPell) April 22, 2021The Islanders have Cal Clutterbuck “available” again, which probably means he plays, but who knows? Hopefully he doesn’t boot Michael Dal Colle, who has looked good in his return, earned praise from Barry Trotz, and was among the media availabilities earlier today.