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The Washington Capitals released a few injury updates going into their back-to-back, which starts on Monday against the Ottawa Senators (7 PM ET, Monumental Sports Network in-market, ESPN+ out-of-market) and wraps up Tuesday at the Detroit Red Wings. Here is a list of the news leading up to puck drop at Capital One Arena:
Head coach Spencer Carbery speaks to the media to provide roster status updates and preview tonight’s tilt with Ottawa.#CapsSens pic.twitter.com/IO5T4qyEHx
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) February 26, 2024
- Left-wing Anthony Mantha, who suffered a lower-body injury in Saturday’s 3-2 overtime loss to the Florida Panthers, and defenseman Nick Jensen (lower-body) will be game-time decisions for Monday’s tilt
- Mantha participated in the morning skate and took full contact
- Head coach Spencer Carbery said there is a “good chance” Mantha can go vs. Ottawa
- Jensen, who went hard into the boards and grabbed his right leg on Saturday, left Monday’s skate early
- Carbery said “we’ll see” if Jensen is available for Monday night
- Mantha participated in the morning skate and took full contact
- Right-wing T.J. Oshie, who left Thursday’s 4-3 win at the Tampa Bay Lightning with an upper-body injury, is week-to-week
- He is currently sitting at 996 career NHL games played
- Center Nic Dowd is day-to-day with an upper-body injury and skated briefly on Monday but did not take any contact
- Defenseman Martin Fehervary, who has missed the last three games, is week-to-week with a lower-body injury and skated briefly on Monday but did not take any contact
- Carbery hopes that Fehervary and Dowd can both practice fully later this week and stated that the team will go from there then
- Goaltender Anton Forsberg will start for Ottawa
- Darcy Kuemper will start in goal vs. Ottawa, likely meaning that Charlie Lindgren will get Detroit
- Washington recalled left-wing Ivan Miroschnichenko before Monday’s game
- Ottawa defenseman Artem Zub will not play due to a lower-body injury
Washington’s Lineup
Caps lines at AM skate:
Ovechkin-Strome-Wilson
Protas-McMichael-Mantha/Dubé
Pacioretty-Sgarbossa-Milano
Malenstyn-Lapierre-NAKTVR-Carlson
Sandin-Edmundson
Alexeyev-BearKuemper
LindgrenJensen left morning skate early.
— Washington Capitals on The Hockey News (@Capitals_THN) February 26, 2024
Ottawa’s Lineup
Senators lines and D this morning were same as last game (with Zub out, they have no lineup changes)
Joseph-Stutzle-Giroux
Tkachuk-Pinto-Tarasenko
Greig-Norris-Batherson
Kubalik-Kastelic-KellySanderson–Bernard-Docker
Chychrun-Hamonic
Chabot–BrannstromForsberg
Korpisalo— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) February 26, 2024
Caps Today
CAPS TODAY: John Carlson will play in his 984th game with the Capitals tonight, which will move him past Calle Johansson (983 GP) for the most games played by a defenseman in franchise history: https://t.co/EwA0dx04OJ pic.twitter.com/vXrQfdHEdU
— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) February 26, 2024
By Harrison Brown
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