Capitals training camp roster, schedule

(John McDonnell/The Washington Post)

(John McDonnell/The Washington Post)

The Capitals on Tuesday released the schedule and roster for training camp, which begins Thursday and runs 18 days until the season opener Oct. 1 in Chicago.

Capitals veterans will have physicals and off-ice testing Wednesday at at Kettler Capitals Iceplex. On-ice sessions — which are all free and open to the public — begin Thursday at 9:45 a.m. Click here for the complete schedule.

The training camp roster will be broken up into three squads (Teams A, B, C). Here’s the full roster, which must be trimmed to 23 players by Monday, Sept. 30:

Team A
8 Alex Ovechkin, RW
10 Martin Erat, LW
19 Nicklas Backstrom, C
20 Troy Brouwer, RW
21 Brooks Laich, C
23 Tyson Strachan, D
24 Aaron Volpatti, LW
27 Karl Alzner, D
31 Philipp Grubauer, G
33 Matt Watkins, C
38 Jack Hillen, D
43 Tom Wilson, RW
48 Casey Wellman, C
49 Stanislav Galiev, RW
52 Mike Green, D
53 Garrett Haar, D
58 Connor Carrick, D
61 Steven Oleksy, D
70 Braden Holtby, G
71 Derek Whitmore, LW
83 Jay Beagle, C
84 Mikhail Grabovski, C
90 Marcus Johansson, LW
88 Nate Schmidt, D

Team B
4 John Erskine, D
16 Eric Fehr, RW
25 Jason Chimera, LW
26 Jeff Taffe, C
29 Ryan Stoa, LW
30 Michal Neuvirth, G
36 Tomas Kundratek, D
39 David Kolomatis, D
40 David Leggio, G
42 Joel Ward, RW
45 Cameron Schilling, D
46 Michael Latta, C
64 Peter Leblanc, C
65 Andre Burakovsky, C
68 Brett Flemming, D
74 John Carlson, D
76 Garrett Mitchell, RW
81 Dmitry Orlov, D
82 T.J. Syner, LW
85 Mathieu Perreault, C
94 Nicolas Deschamps, LW

Team C
1 Louis-Philip Guindon, G
3 T.J. Foster, LW
15 Domenic Monardo, RW
17 Chandler Stephenson, LW
22 Brandon Segal, RW
28 Jaynen Rissling, D
35 Riley Gill, G
41 Patrick Wellar, D
47 Michal Cajkovsky, D
50 Dane Byers, LW
54 Joel Rechlicz, RW
55 Madison Bowey, D
56 Patrick Wey, D
59 Brouillette, Julien, D
62 Jamie Johnson, RW
63 Chance Braid, LW
75 Boston Leier, LW
77 Tyler Lewington, D
78 Brandon Anderson, G
79 Nathan Walker, LW
91 Zach Harnden, RW
92 Matt Petgrave, D
93 Justin Larson, LW
95 Chay Genoway, D
96 Taylor Stefishen, RW