{"id":523800,"date":"2026-03-14T20:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T20:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/523800\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T20:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T20:59:08","slug":"capitals-david-kampf-to-miss-fourth-straight-game-due-to-visa-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/523800\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitals\u2019 David Kampf to miss fourth straight game due to visa issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2500\" height=\"1667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/file-david-kampf-04-030826-katiea.jpg\" class=\"above-the-fold wp-post-image\" alt=\"David Kampf at Capitals practice\"  decoding=\"async\"  fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ud83d\udcf8: Katie Adler\/RMNB\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Capitals will look the same against the Boston Bruins on Saturday afternoon as they did against the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>While that means the winning lineup stays together after an impressive performance in Buffalo, it also means the Capitals will again be without one of their trade deadline acquisitions. <a href=\"https:\/\/russianmachineneverbreaks.com\/player\/david-kampf\/\" class=\"player\" title=\"View David Kampf&#039;s stats, bio, and status\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Kampf<\/a>, brought in from the Vancouver Canucks for a sixth-round draft pick, will miss his fourth straight game due to visa-related issues.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Logan Thompson will start this afternoon vs. Boston, but no other lineup chances. Capitals are still waiting on visa issues for David Kampf.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Katie Adler (@katieEadler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katieEadler\/status\/2032862704856084522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kampf, 31, has been practicing with his new teammates since arriving from the Canucks, but has yet to dress in a game. After Saturday\u2019s game, the Czech centerman will have just 14 more opportunities to play for the Capitals this season ahead of becoming an unrestricted free agent in July.<\/p>\n<p>Carbery committing to the same lineup likely means <a href=\"https:\/\/russianmachineneverbreaks.com\/player\/hendrix-lapierre\/\" class=\"player\" title=\"View Hendrix Lapierre&#039;s stats, bio, and status\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hendrix Lapierre<\/a> will remain in the top six as a winger, and <a href=\"https:\/\/russianmachineneverbreaks.com\/player\/connor-mcmichael\/\" class=\"player\" title=\"View Connor McMichael&#039;s stats, bio, and status\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Connor McMichael<\/a> will stay down the middle on the fourth line.<\/p>\n<p>Projected Capitals lineup for 3\/14 game against Bruins<\/p>\n<p>Beauvillier\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>Sourdif\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>Ovechkin\n                                    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/russianmachineneverbreaks.com\/player\/logan-thompson\/\" class=\"player\" title=\"View Logan Thompson&#039;s stats, bio, and status\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Logan Thompson<\/a> is set to take his crease back from <a href=\"https:\/\/russianmachineneverbreaks.com\/player\/charlie-lindgren\/\" class=\"player\" title=\"View Charlie Lindgren&#039;s stats, bio, and status\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie Lindgren<\/a> after the latter starred in the Capitals\u2019 2-1 victory over the Sabres. Thompson lost his last start, allowing three goals on just 21 shots to the Philadelphia Flyers.<\/p>\n<p>In six career starts against the Bruins, Thompson is 3-3 with a 2.00 goals-against average and a .933 save percentage.<\/p>\n<p>The Capitals have already lost twice to the Bruins this season, the most recent defeat coming a week ago in Boston. The Bruins dropped their last game coming into Saturday\u2019s action, falling 4-2 to the San Jose Sharks on home ice.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udcf8: Katie Adler\/RMNB The Washington Capitals will look the same against the Boston Bruins on Saturday afternoon as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-523800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}