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Washington Capitals

Forward Alex Ovechkin is on the ice for Washington's optional skate Tuesday morning according to Samantha Pell of the Washington Post. 

Pell reports Ovechkin will be a game-time decision as the Capitals wrap up their regular season Tuesday night against the Boston Bruins.

He has been out since May 3 because of a lower-body injury.

Vitek Vanecek will start in net, says head coach Peter Laviolette.

Meanwhile, the Capitals announced forward Philippe Maillet is heading to the taxi squad to the active roster, while Garrett Pilon goes to the taxi squad.

 

Toronto Maple Leafs

The Maple Leafs announced they have re-assigned goaltender Michael Hutchinson, defenceman Timothy Liljegren and forward Stefan Noesen to the AHL's Toronto Marlies.

Defenceman Mac Hollowell has been added to Toronto's taxi squad.

At practice Tuesday, Alex Galchenyuk and Pierre Engvall were in taxi squad grey, while Zach Hyman, Nick Foligno and Riley Nash were in regular sweaters.

Meanwhile, defenceman Justin Holl was back on the ice after a maintenance day on Monday.

Here were Toronto's lines:

Hyman-Matthews-Marner
Foligno-Tavares-Nylander
Kerfoot-Nash-Mikheyev  
Thornton-Spezza-Simmonds 

Rielly-Brodie 
Muzzin-Holl
Hutton-Dermott
Sandin-Hollowell

Andersen
Campbell 

 

Montreal Canadiens

Canadiens goaltender Carey Price is back on the ice and participating in his first full practice with the team since being sidelined with a concussion. 

Price has been sidelined since April 19. He also skated on Monday after the morning skate with goalie coach Sean Burke and the scratches. 

The 33-year-old has a 12-7-5 record this season with a .901 save percentage and a 2.64 goals-against average.

The Habs secured the final playoff spot in the North Division on Monday night in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Edmonton Oilers. The team has one regular season game remaining on their schedule. 

Meanwhile, head coach Dominique Ducharme told reporters that forward Josh Anderson is questionable for Wednesday. He skipped practice for a maintenance day Tuesday morning.

 

Ottawa Senators

The Senators announced that left winger Vitaly Abramov and defenceman Cody Goloubef have been re-assigned to the AHL's Belleville Senators. 

Meanwhile, Logan Brown has been recalled from Belleville and re-assigned to Ottawa's taxi squad. Brown has not played a game at the NHL level this season but does have one goal and six assists in 12 AHL games.

Head coach DJ Smith told reporters that Colin White and Matt Murray will not play in Wednesday's season finale, but Brown will make his season debut. Parker Kelly will also suit up against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday.  

Here were Ottawa's lines Tuesday:

Tkachuk-Norris-Batherson
Stützle-Pinto-CBrown
Paul-Anisimov-Dadonov
Formenton-LBrown-Kelly
Dzingel-Tierney-Bishop
Amadio

Mete-Zaitsev
Brannstrom-Zub
Alsing-JBD
Aspirot

Gustavsson
Forsberg

 

Boston Bruins

The Bruins are sitting a number of veterans as they wrap up their regular season Tuesday against the Washington Capitals, including David Pastrnak, David Krejci, Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand, Charlie Coyle, Brandon Carlo and Charlie McAvoy.