Alex Ovechkin. Nicklas Backstrom. John Carlson. Evgeny Kuznetsov. Ilya Samsonov. Is that a list of Washington Capitals’ stars? Maybe, but it is also a list of players who are unavailable for the Caps tonight! Fun fact, the last time the Capitals played a game without Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, and Kuznetsov was on January 31, 2006 — Ovechkin missed the game and the other three weren’t on the roster yet. Fun times! With all of these absences, here’s what the lines looked like during warmups tonight:
Capitals lines vs Flyers (11F/6D)
Sheary-Eller-Wilson
Sprong-Oshie-Mantha
Raffl-Pilon
Hagelin-Dowd-Hathaway
Orlov-Schultz
Dillon-TvR
Chara-Jensen
Anderson— Samantha Pell (@SamanthaJPell) May 8, 2021Garret Pilon is making his NHL debut tonight alongside Zdeno Chara, who, fun fact, has also played with Garrett’s father Rich Pilon.