Nicklas Backstrom will miss his sixth straight game with an undisclosed upper-body injury.
Tuesday, during the morning skate, Backstrom was an extra forward indicating he would not get a jersey tonight.
Nicklas Backstrom missed practice on Friday at MedStar Capitals Iceplex and will not play in Saturday’s game against the Vancouver Canucks.
The star center remains out two days after missing his first game of the season Wednesday with an upper-body injury.
The Washington Capitals will be on national television Wednesday as they take on the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals lineup will look mighty different.
The Capitals announced in the morning that they will be without first-line center Nicklas Backstrom, third-line forward Carl Hagelin, and fourth-line center Nic Dowd due to injury. The Capitals may also be without third-line forward Garnet Hathaway who had a phone hearing with the NHL for his spitting incident Monday.
Here’s how the Capitals lined-up this morning during the team’s morning skate.
Carl Hagelin and Nic Dowd will both miss tonight’s game against the Anaheim Ducks.
Both remain out with upper-body injuries.
Richard Panik will draw back into the Capitals lineup Monday against the Arizona Coyotes. Before signing a four-year contract with the Capitals in July, Panik played two seasons with the Coyotes. He had 33 points in 75 games last year.
“I’m really excited,” Panik said after practice. “It’s been a long road but finally I’m 100 percent. I’m excited to jump on the running train.”
Panik, out injured since October 15 with an upper-body injury, began skating without a no-contact injury last Tuesday. To make room for Panik back on the roster, the Capitals optioned Travis Boyd and Tyler Lewington, who was put on waivers Sunday, down to the Hershey Bears.
Tom Wilson was absent from the Capitals’ morning skate Tuesday ahead of the team’s matchup with the Calgary Flames.
The Capitals forward was replaced during rushes by Travis Boyd on the second line.
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Michal Kempny, who has been out injured since March of last season, will make his grand return to the lineup Friday night against the New York Rangers.
The Capitals defenseman skated on the third pairing with Radko Gudas during the morning skate.
The Washington Capitals have lost four of their last five games, including last night’s 6-3 throttling to the Colorado Avalanche. In an effort to jumpstart his team, head coach Todd Reirden has changed up the lines.
Tuesday during practice, literally every forward line was different.
After the first three games of the regular season, the Washington Capitals made several roster moves on Sunday to accommodate what their actual regular-season roster will look like. The Capitals put Travis Boyd on waivers, demoted Martin Fehervary, and sent Jonas Siegenthaler down to Hershey for a day.
Those moves opened up two roster spots and just enough money to accommodate Evgeny Kuznetsov and Michal Kempny back onto the active roster. Kuznetsov is returning from a three-game suspension while Kempny rehabbed a hamstring injury suffered last season.
Monday, both players re-joined rushes during practice. Here’s how the lines stacked up.
The Washington Capitals announced their new lines and updated groups after cutting 18 players from Training Camp earlier in the day.
The lines look about how you’d expect the team to line up in the regular season once Evgeny Kuznetsov returns from suspension.
Take a look.
