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.