Spencer Carbery told reporters in Ottawa the team is working through some injuries just two games into the season.
The Washington Capitals shook up the lineup going into Wednesday's game against the Ottawa Senators, and they may see even more change with the team facing some injury concerns.
Head coach Spencer Carbery told reporters after the optional morning skate in Ottawa that the team is working through "injury stuff' behind the scenes, and that in turn, there will be some lineup decisions to make before puck drop at 7 p.m.
It's unclear who is hurting at the moment, but Nic Dowd and John Carlson both took maintenance days on Tuesday. Both made the road trip and took the morning skate.
Washington, which had the fourth-most man-games lost last season, is already operating without the services of Max Pacioretty (LTIR, Achilles), Joel Edmundson (hand, LTIR) and Charlie Lindgren (upper-body, day-to-day).
Here were the lines from Tuesday's practice:
Alex Ovechkin-Dylan Strome-Tom Wilson
Connor McMichael-Evgeny Kuznetsov-T.J. Oshie
Sonny Milano-Nicklas Backstrom-Matthew Phillips
Beck Malenstyn-Aliaksei Protas-Anthony Mantha
Rasmus Sandin-Alex Alexeyev
Martin Fehervary-Trevor van Riemsdyk
Lucas Johansen-Nick Jensen
Darcy Kuemper
Clay Stevenson