Capitals’ Nic Dowd, A Top Trade Candidate, Is Day To Day With An Upper-body Injury

ARLINGTON, Va.: Washington Capitals heart Nic Dowd, one of many high candidates to vary locations forward of the NHL commerce deadline, is day after day with an upper-body damage.

Dowd left the Capitals’ 6-2 win in opposition to the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday evening after the primary interval. He’s the second participant in current weeks to go down with an damage after being a part of commerce talks, following Pittsburgh’s Jake Guentzel, who’s out till early March.

Coach Spencer Carbery stated Wednesday that Dowd is just not touring on Washington’s highway journey with video games at Tampa Bay and Florida. The staff recalled winger Pierrick Dube from Hershey of the American Hockey League and plans to shift Aliaksei Protas to heart in Dowd’s absence.

A faceoff specialist and penalty killer with some offensive potential who’s signed by way of subsequent season on the cut price basement wage cap hit of $1.3 million, Dowd might fetch a excessive worth from a contender earlier than the March 8 commerce deadline.

The 33-year-old has 16 factors on eight targets and eight assists and is a veteran of 506 regular-season and playoff video games.

“Dowder’s a huge defensive piece on this team, and they’re hard shoes to fill,” stated Connor McMichael, who scored twice and assumed a few of Dowd’s ice time in opposition to the Devils. “But I thought our group did a collective job to step in for him, and we’re happy to get the win.”

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