Washington starts NHL preseason action with trip to Boston Sunday
9-16 Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins Preseason Game 1
Time: 1pm at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
TV: NBC Washington
Radio: Caps radio 24/7
#Caps Start Preseason in Boston
Washington begins 2018-19 Preseason slate with afternoon game against the Bruins#CapsBruins #ALLCAPS https://t.co/Ss1NolcORL
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) September 16, 2018
Washington Capitals Hockey is back! The Capitals are still hungry and looking to go back to back. In tomorrow preseason game look for some new faces. We will see potential back up goaltender candidate Pheonix Copley get the start and play half of the game. We will also see his net minding partner from last season in Hershey, Vitek Vanecek get the second half of the game to close out the preseason opener.
You won’t see a lot from Ovechkin, Backstrom, Oshie, Kuznetsov and Carlson this preseason because the Capitals will be giving more ice time for younger players like Nathan Walker, Shane Gersich, Nick Dowd and Maddison Bowey to figure out where they belong. There is essentially one spot to battle for in Washington. The rest will be sent to Hershey, South Carolina, or their junior teams for more time on ice. That spot the Caps are looking to fill is the fourth line center role. However, the Caps could still look to move Chandler Stephenson from the third line wing, and put him on the fourth line center, opening up a winger role for the Capitals.
Look at #ALLCAPS lineup for the preseason opener tomorrow. https://t.co/qslzMtO2K5
— Zack Fisch (@zackfisch) September 16, 2018
Players headed to Boston for the Capitals are as follows:
Forwards
10 Brett Connolly
13 Jakub Vrana
14 Michael Sgarbossa
15 Jayson Megna
18 Chandler Stephenson
26 Nic Dowd
40 Garrett Pilon
47 Beck Malenstyn
61 Juuso Ikonen
63 Shane Gersich
64 Brian Pinho
65 Andre Burakovsky
71 Kody Clark
79 Nathan Walker
Defense
22 Madison Bowey
27 Alexander Alexeyev
29 Christian Djoos
34 Jonas Siegenthaler
38 Colby Williams
42 Martin Fehervary
55 Aaron Ness
76 Tyler Lewington
Goaltenders
Starting in net Pheonix Copley (will play the first half)
Back up netminder Vitek Vanecek (will take over midway through the second period)
