"📸: Katie Adler/RMNB Alex Ovechkin looks primed to make his Capitals preseason debut on Thursday night against the Boston Bruins. Ovechkin was included in a group of 13 forwards preparing for Boston's visit to Capital One Arena. He's joined by several of the players on the Capitals' roster still battling for the very few open roster spots at this year's training camp. Ovechkin, 40, has sat out of all four previous exhibition games this fall after missing the beginning of camp due to a lower-body injury."
"Head coach Spencer Carbery has said he'd prefer his captain get into two games ahead of Opening Night on October 8. "Is it the end-all, be-all for him to play two exhibition games? No," Carbery said last week. "But the ideal world is he gets two games before the start of the year." Ovechkin played in three preseason games last year, notching two points (1g, 1a)."
"The home matchup with the Bruins may also be a last chance for players on the fringe of the roster to impress Carbery and the rest of the Capitals' top brass. Included in that group, among others, are Sonny Milano, Sheldon Rempal, Andrew Cristall, Hendrix Lapierre, Ethen Frank, Ilya Protas, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Eriks Mateiko, and Vincent Iorio. Milano's inclusion is particularly encouraging after he missed some practice time this week with an upper-body injury. The 29-year-old winger is tied with Calgary's Morgan Frost for the NHL lead in preseason scoring with six points (4g, 2a)."
Alex Ovechkin is expected to make his Capitals preseason debut Thursday against the Boston Bruins after missing camp and four exhibition games with a lower-body injury. Head coach Spencer Carbery would prefer Ovechkin to play two preseason games before Opening Night on October 8, though it is not mandatory. Ovechkin enters the season three goals short of 900 career goals after a 73-point, 44-goal season at age 39. The Bruins game also serves as a final audition for several fringe roster players, including Sonny Milano, who leads preseason scoring with six points, as the Capitals remain undefeated in exhibition play.
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