Burns is back in the Western Conference, where he spent his first 18 NHL seasons before the last three with the Hurricanes.

The Capitals are scheduled to face the Philadelphia Flyers in a preseason game at Hershey’s Giant Center on Sept. 25. It will be the first time Washington has played in Hershey since 2006.

Sergei Bobrovsky, fresh off leading the Florida Panthers to a second consecutive Stanley Cup, deflected praise, attributing ...