The Capitals will get some help back on the blue line as they try and stave off elimination by the Rangers on Sunday.
Rasmus Sandin has been cleared to play, according to NHL.com writer Tom Gulitti, and will be back in the lineup. The Swede missed the final five games of the regular season and has been absent so far in the playoffs with an upper-body injury.
Fellow rearguard Nick Jensen, who also has yet to make a playoff appearance this spring after missing the final three games of the regular season with an upper-body injury, was awaiting a final clearance from the team doctor, but optimistic he would play.
The news will be most welcome for a Washington team that has already lost defencemen Vincent Iorio and Trevor van Riemsdyk to injury during the series.
The Capitals are down 3-0 in their best-of-seven series with the Rangers and will need to win Game 4 (8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+) in order to avoid an early playoff exit.
