The Capitals are a little short-staffed right now, between injuries to Nicklas Backstrom, Nic Dowd, and Carl Hagelin and the three-game suspension for Garnet Hathaway. However, this meant that some fresh faces were called up from Hershey to see what they could do. How did that turn out for everyone? Let’s find out...
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Nicklas Backstrom only played in one of Washington’s games last week, sitting the final two out with an undisclosed upper-body injury.