We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Ilya Samsonov let in two soft goalies to New Jersey, but also recovered to make 19 saves and help Washington get the win in his first start since Jan. 17. Meanwhile, the Capitals had two games scheduled for later this week postponed because of … Tabbed as the starting netminder at the start of the season, Ilya Samsonov is expected to play in one of the Capitals’ back-to-back games Saturday and Sunday. Added Feb 26 2:02 pm (EST) Samantha Pell on Twitter Samsonov has played in three games with Hershey since being cleared, but he hasn't been in the lineup for Washington yet. Samsonov played on Friday, stopping 25 … Put up underwhelming numbers in his AHL conditioning stint and is likely getting eased back im. Evgeny Kuznetsov and Ilya Samsonov experienced symptoms but have been cleared to return. Complete player biography and stats. Gone is Braden Holtby and we all miss him as well as the team. Samsonov shared he had difficulty breathing and walking while in quarantine. The Washington Capitals got two key players back Monday.Evgeny Kuznetsov and Ilya Samsonov resumed practicing for the first time since the NHL placed … While in Hershey, Samsonov had a 2.95 goals against average and a .885 save percentage in two games. Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Ilya Samsonov, 1997-02-22 Magnitogorsk, RUS Russia. Final predictions for Washington Capitals goalie Ilya Samsonov. WSH won’t feel bad for us fantasy nerds if they have 2 good to great goalies they can roll evenly, and I’m sure they want to scratch that itch The comment section on Twitter has shown their expected disdain, but removing bias, this list has a lot of flaws that fantasy users should be wary of. Most recently in the NHL with Washington Capitals. Kuznetsov and Samsonov, as well as Alex Ovechkin and Dmitry Orlov, were placed on the NHL’s COVID-19 Unavailability List in January after the four Russians spent time together in a hotel room during the team’s first road trip of the season. The Washington Capitals are entering a unique situation in their state of the crease this season. The Washington Capitals have recalled Ilya Samsonov from Hershey of the AHL and placed him on their taxi squad. Samsonov is coming off (what I assume is) a tough bout of Covid. Washington Capitals goalie Ilya Samsonov tested positive for coronavirus, two people with knowledge with the situation said Thursday.