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    Feb 26, 2024, 16:45

    The Capitals got a plethora of injury updates at Monday's morning skate.

    The Capitals got a plethora of injury updates at Monday's morning skate.

    Sammi Silber - The Hockey News - Capitals Notebook: Lines Tweak Amid Injuries, Oshie Update, Mantha & Jensen Game-Time Decisions, Dowd & Fehervary Make Progress

    ARLINGTON, V.A. — The Washington Capitals got a handful of injury updates and saw another Hershey Bear join the mix at Monday's morning skate prior to their tilt with the Ottawa Senators.

    T.J. Oshie, who suffered a non-contact injury in Thursday's win over the Tampa Bay Lightning and needed to be helped off the ice, did not practice. He is officially listed as week-to-week with an upper-body injury.

    Anthony Mantha, who was hurt at the end of Saturday's loss to the Florida Panthers, was on the ice in a regular jersey. He is a game-time decision, but it is likely he will play.

    Nick Jensen, who was also banged up after going hard into the boards on Saturday, took the ice for morning skate but left early. Head coach Spencer Carbery said he is also a game-time decision, but sounded less optimistic regarding if he will play.

    Fehervary was the first to take the ice, skating in a non-contact jersey before leaving the ice ahead of the morning skate. He remains week-to-week with a lower-body injury that he suffered in the opening minutes of Washington's win over the Montreal Canadiens back on Feb. 17.

    Nic Dowd also skated in a non-contact jersey before practice but did not remain on the ice. He suffered an upper-body injury back on Tuesday and is day-to-day.

    Per Carbery, the hope is that both will continue to progress as the week goes on.

    Amid all the injuries, Washington's lines got put in the blender again, while Ivan Miroshnichenko was called up. The Capitals have lost key players to injury in four straight outings.`

    Here were the lines:

    Alex Ovechkin-Dylan Strome-Tom Wilson

    Aliaksei Protas-Connor McMichael-Anthony Mantha/Pierrick Dubé

    Max Pacioretty-Mike Sgarbossa-Sonny Milano

    Beck Malenstyn-Hendrix Lapierre-Nicolas Aube-Kubel

    Trevor van Riemsdyk-John Carlson

    Rasmus Sandin-Joel Edmundson

    Alex Alexeyev-Ethan Bear

    Darcy Kuemper will start vs. Ottawa, with Charlie Lindgren expected to get the nod against the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday.

    Puck drop is at 7 p.m. ET at Capital One Arena.