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The Narrative: What the Eller?, Carlsen and the Boy is Back in Town

1. Rough day for Lars Eller, starting with pegged jorts car trouble...

Lars Eller's car broke down during his morning commute, and guess which teammate came to his rescue? pic.twitter.com/yj6pQeLKjf

— NBC Sports Capitals (@NBCSCapitals) April 8, 2019

... and ending with a far more curious early departure from practice.

Reirden says Eller just took a maintenance day for an “upper-body” injury. He started practice, but they didn’t feel the need to push it more today with game 1 not until Thursday. No concern for his game 1 availability.