I also just checked the Hershey Bears website. They’ve got 8 games left in the season as well. All the guys you’d expect are listed on the roster. The second a guy gets called up from Hershey they take them off the roster, they have guys running the website that care about their job.


I did check the injury report first though, nothing new was posted.

I liked Leno's game as well. And also noticed he didn't quite look 6' 200#.. Hopefully they can bulk him up!


And why is Shepard starting tonight? Something wrong with Thompson? 

Post practice presser coach said “same lineup and Logan will start”. I’m guessing he meant Thompson. Logan Thompson.

So I went to the game last night in Boston and sat about 10 rows behind the bench. I had forgotten how fast the game was in person.  A few takeaways:


Leonard can skate much better than I expected and has really good speed and quickness.  He didn't seem intimidated at all and looks to have high-level skills. He is going to need to be careful with his skating though and not get himself in vulnerable positions.  In terms of his size, he was not as big as I thought and hopefully he will still grow an inch or two and bulk up a bit.   Overall, I thought he was really impressive and I think it is likely he makes the team next year (after just seeing him this one game!).


Tom Wilson is just an incredible beast when he is skating at top speeds and when he is buzzing around.  He just stands out way more when you watch him in person than he does on TV.  I mean he REALLY stands out and it is clear the other team respects him and fears him.

April 2 vs Hurricanes at Lenovo Center
Time: 7:00
TV: Monumental Sports
Radio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7

Washington Capitals 48-17-9
PP% 22.1(15th)  PK% 81.9(7th)  Faceoff% 50.2(16th)
Carolina Hurricanes 45-24-4
PP% 18.5(25th)  PK% 84.7(2nd)  Faceoff% 52.5(6th)

Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - Dubois 80 - Wilson(A) 43
Protas 21 - Strome 17 - Leonard 9
Mangiapane 88 - Eller 20 - Beauvillier 72
Duhaime 22 - Dowd 26 - McMichael 24

Sandin 38 - Carlson(A) 74
Chychrun 6 - van Riemsdyk 57
Fehérváry 42 - McIlrath 52

Thompson 48
Lindgren 79 - backup

PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Wilson, Dubois, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, McMichael, Mangiapane, Chychrun, Sandin

scratched:
Raddysh 16
Alexeyev 27
Frank 52
Roy 3

LTIR:
Milano 15 - upper body
Backstrom 19 - hip - season
Oshie 77 - back - season

Canes anticipated lines:
Jarvis 24 - Aho 20 - Blake 53
Hall 71 - Roslovic 96 - Svechnikov 37
Martinook 48 - Kotkaniemi 82 - Stankoven 22
Robinson 50 - Jankowski 77 - Jost 27

Slavin 74 - Burns 8
Orlov 7 - Chatfield 5
Gostisbehere 4 - Walker 26

Anderson 31
Kochetkov 52

tonight’s zebras:
Frederick L’Ecuyer 17, Brandon Blandina 39
Steve Barton 59, James Tobias 61

https://scoutingtherefs.com/2025/04/47913/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-4-2-25/

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x8787

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-clash-with-canes-in-carolina

scoring summary
1st period:
Walker unassisted at 6:14
Blake PPG from Hall and Gostisbehere at 10:11
Jarvis PPG from Gostisbehere and Aho at 13:21
2nd period:
Stankoven from Roslovic at 9:27
Ovechkin(39) PPG from Chychrun and Strome at 19:25
3rd period:
Blake PPG from Jarvis at 6:55

Caps lose 5-1

Zero chance Ovi is on the ice at the end of playoff games if we're protecting a lead.