The Djoos is very much not loose.

After missing practice Wednesday and being listed day-to-day with a lower-body injury, Christian Djoos is out for a substantial number of weeks after undergoing surgery on his left thigh.

The Capitals termed the surgical procedure as “successful.”

Capitals defenseman Christian Djoos underwent a successful surgical procedure on his left thigh on Thursday, after sustaining the injury on Dec. 11 versus Detroit. Djoos is out indefinitely.

— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) December 14, 2018

After practice, coach Todd Reirden said Djoos will be out for a while, but did not label it as season-ending yet. The surgery was promoted from complications of an injury that occurred Tuesday night.

Reirden said Djoos will be out “a while.” Wasn’t ready to say it’s season-ending, but added that it’ll be “substantial number of weeks” before we see him again. Had complications from injury on Thursday and had to get surgery.

— Isabelle Khurshudyan (@ikhurshudyan) December 14, 2018

With Brooks Orpik still recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery, Madison Bowey will pair up with Jonas Siegenthaler as the third defensive unit for tonight’s tilt against the Carolina Hurricanes and the foreseeable future.

Caps expected lineup:

Ovechkin-Backstrom-Oshie
Vrana-Kuznetsov-Wilson
Connolly-Eller-DSP
Jaskin-Dowd-Boyd

Kempny-Carlson
Orlov-Niskanen
Siegenthaler-Bowey

Burakovsky and Stephenson are out. Djoos had surgery yesterday and is out indefinitely.

— Isabelle Khurshudyan (@ikhurshudyan) December 14, 2018

The Caps won’t recall anyone yet, but could before the game tomorrow. The Hershey Bears d-core has injury problems as well, with top prospect Lucas Johansen out since November 23.

Caps won’t recall anyone today, but they might tomorrow. If I had to guess, it’ll be Lewington. Hershey has some defensemen banged up, too.

— Isabelle Khurshudyan (@ikhurshudyan) December 14, 2018

Headline photo: Elizabeth Kong