Brett Leason got the rookie treatment before his NHL debut against the Arizona Coyotes, Friday.
Lapierre skated several solo laps in warmups firing pucks on an empty net before the rest of his teammates joined him on the ice.
Love a rookie lap. @Bleason7 pic.twitter.com/Fzk4cosrWD
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 29, 2021
Leason is making his NHL debut due to an injury to Nic Dowd.
Capitals lines vs Coyotes:
Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Wilson
Mantha-McMichael-Sprong
Hagelin-Eller-Hathaway
Sheary-Lapierre-LeasonFehervary-Carlson
Orlov-Carlson
TvR-SchultzSamsonov
— Samantha Pell (@SamanthaJPell) October 29, 2021
With Leason getting a game, the Capitals will have four rookies in their lineup in him, Connor McMichael, Hendrix Lapierre, and Martin Fehervary for the first time since a quite special 2017-18 season.
With Leason suiting up, the #Caps have 4 rookies in the lineup (McMichael, Lapierre and Fehervary are the others) for the 1st time since April 7, 2018 vs. NJD. In that game, WSH iced a lineup that included Shane Gersich, Jakub Vrana, Jakub Jerabek and Chandler Stephenson.
— Tarik El-Bashir (@Tarik_ElBashir) October 29, 2021
Screenshot: NBC Sports Washington’s @Andrew_Gillis70
