The Detroit Red Wings take on the Washington Capitals tonight at 7 PM in Washington, DC (on the NHL Network for a bit, and the Monumental Sports Network, then DetroitRedWings.com).
In Detroit, the Red Wings are methodically shifting their two groups’ worth of players through morning skates…
Lines mostly the same as Tuesday night for today’s non-game group, but McIsaac in for Edvinsson (who is in the game group again tonight). Both power plays are tweaked though. Now it’s:
— Sam Stockton (@_samstockton) September 28, 2023
Perron
DeBrincat Larkin Raymond
Seider
Rasmussen
Danielson Copp Berggren
Gostisbehere pic.twitter.com/xPt0NIyZbg
But the Red Wings released their lineup for tonight’s game…
Tonight in D.C. ⤵️#LGRW pic.twitter.com/TSc2oNvulX
— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) September 28, 2023
As did the Capitals…
The roster for tomorrow night's preseason game against Detroit at @CapitalOneArena.#CapsWings | #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/SEPXhWRk1Y
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) September 27, 2023
Who are holding an optional morning skate:
This is who is dressing for the Capitals tonight vs. the Red Wings. It’s apparently an optional morning skate today. Not all of these players are skating this morning pic.twitter.com/hOarrbm7uY
— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) September 28, 2023
It’s an optional morning skate for the Caps today, but here are the lines from yesterday:
— Bailey Johnson (@BaileyAJohnson_) September 28, 2023
Ovechkin-Backstrom-Miroshnichenko
McMichael-Kuznetsov-Wilson
Snively-Dowd-Oshie
Cristall-Sgarbossa-Dube
Sandin-Carlson
Haman Aktell-Alexeyev
Johansen-Iorio
Lindgren
Shepard
Spencer Carbery said yesterday that the plan is for Lindgren to play the full game
— Bailey Johnson (@BaileyAJohnson_) September 28, 2023
Both WashingtonCapitals.com’s Mike Vogel and DetroitRedWings.com’s Jonathan Mills filed game previews, too, as did the Free Press’s Ryan Ford.
