Washington Capitals lines and matches for the season opener with the Buffalo Sabers.

The Washington Capitals race line is set for the opening of the 2020-21 season against the Buffalo Sabers on Thursday night.

The most noticeable change made by head coach Peter Laviolette in the Capitals’ morning skating was to put Conor Sheary back into the third line for Daniel Sprong.

Capital lines at AM skate:

Ovechkin-Backstrom-Oshie
Vrana-Kuznetsov-Wilson
Panik-Eller-Sheary
Hagelin-Dowd-Hathaway

Orlov-Carlson
Dillon-Schultz
Shara-Jensen

Extras: Sprong, Siegenthaler, TvR

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1; Samantha Pell (@SamanthaJPell) January 14, 2021

Laviolette confirmed after the skate that Ilya Samsonov would get a head start.

Ilya Samsonov was the first goalkeeper from the ice. Punch a quick punch with Scott Murray and chat with Peter Laviolette before he leaves. https://t.co/d8rwKJiEL7

– Samantha Pell (@SamanthaJPell) January 14, 2021

Headline image: Elizabeth Kong / RMNB