Overview

• Carbery confirmed the 40-year-old captain will dress Thursday after missing the first four exhibitions with a lower-body injury.
• The plan is for Ovechkin to appear in two preseason games to build timing ahead of Opening Night next week.
• Sonny Milano is expected to play after an upper-body issue and leads Washington in preseason scoring with four goals and six points.
• The game serves as a key audition for roster hopefuls, including Andrew Cristall, Hendrix Lapierre, Ilya Protas, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Ethen Frank, Sheldon Rempal, Eriks Mateiko, and Vincent Iorio, and defenseman Martin Fehervary is slated for his preseason debut.
• Washington continued to trim its camp roster by loaning goalie Garin Bjorklund to AHL Hershey and placing Bogdan Trineyev, Henrik Rybinski, Graeme Clarke, and Louie Belpedio on waivers for assignment.