Capitals’ Matt Roy to return to lineup on Nov. 6 against Predators

Washington Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery announced that defenseman Matt Roy has been activated and will return to the lineup on Nov. 6 against the Nashville Predators.

Roy was out with a lower-body injury that he sustained on Oct. 12, 5-3 loss to the New Jersey Devils.

Roy had another productive season in his final year with the Los Angeles Kings, he tallied five goals and 20 assists for 25 points in 81 games. It was the third consecutive season that he had hit the 20-point mark in a season, and was just one point shy of the career-high of 26 that he achieved in 2022-23.

Roy also had two assists in five Stanley Cup Playoff games for the Kings in 2024, as the team was eliminated in the first round at the hands of the Edmonton Oilers.

Roy was a seventh-round pick by the Kings in the 2015 NHL Draft out of the WCHA in the NCAA. After two more seasons with Michigan Tech, he made his professional hockey debut late in the 2016-17 season with the Kings’ AHL affiliate, the Ontario Reign. He spent two more seasons in the AHL before finally making his NHL debut in the 2018-19 season, and went on to play six seasons in Los Angeles before departing for free agency this past offseason.

Roy went on to sign a six-year contract with a $5.75 million cap hit with the Capitals in the summer, which takes up 6.53% of their cap hit this season and locks him up until he’s 35.