The 36-year-old recently returned from an upper-body injury.

The Washington Capitals will be without the services of T.J. Oshie on Sunday against the Carolina Hurricanes, the team announced a half hour before puck drop.

Oshie is out due to what's being called a lower-body injury. It is unclear if he suffered the injury in Saturday's loss to the Nashville Predators or at some other point.

The team did not skate on Sunday, and head coach Spencer Carbery said earlier that there would be no lineup changes. However, right before warmups, it was announced that Oshie would miss the game.

Matthew Phillips will dress in his place, skating on the third line with Joe Snively and Evgeny Kuznetsov.

Oshie recently returned from an upper-body injury that held him out for six games. He has struggled with injuries over the last few seasons that have mainly been related to his back.

He underwent a double ablation at the end of last season to address that pain and said he has felt fine since.

The 36-year-old had picked up points in each of the last two games and has two goals through 21 games this season.

Puck drop between the Capitals and Hurricnaes is at 6 p.m. ET at PNC Arena. Washington is looking to avoid a three-game losing streak while ending their road trip on a high note.

Here are Sunday's lines:

Alex Ovechkin-Dylan Strome-Tom Wilson

Aliaksei Protas-Connor McMichael-Anthony Mantha

Joe Snively-Evgeny Kuznetsov-Matthew Phillips

Beck Malenstyn-Nic Dowd-Nicolas Aube-Kubel

Martin Fehervary-John Carlson

Rasmus Sandin-Trevor van Riemsdyk

Joel Edmundson-Nick Jensen

Darcy Kuemper

Charlie Lindgren