Darcy Kuemper, Martin Fehervary exit with injuries in Capitals’ loss t…
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Kuemper, Fehervary exit with injuries in Caps’ loss to Flames originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington
The Capitals saw both goaltender Darcy Kuemper and defenseman Martin Fehervary exit with upper-body injuries in the second period Saturday as the Calgary Flames handed them a 5-2 loss in Alberta.
With Washington slowly adding players back off Injured Reserve over the last few weeks, the Kuemper and Fehervary situations loomed large over the disappointing result. The Capitals hung around late into the third, but center Adam Ruzicka and winger Andrew Mangiapane scored back-to-back goals 55 seconds apart to put the game out of reach.
Winger Conor Sheary scored his second power-play goal in as many games and defenseman John Carlson added a late tally on a night when the Capitals went nearly two full periods between goals. After Kuemper allowed two goals in his 36 minutes of action, Charlie Lindgren replaced him in net and stopped seven of nine shots to finish the game.
The defeat dropped the Capitals to 10-12-4 on the season, costing them the chance to gain ground on the New York Rangers directly ahead of them in the Metropolitan Division standings.
Here are three takeaways from the Capitals’ loss to the Flames.
Caps lose Kuemper, Fehervary to injury
The injury problems began for Washington about midway through the second period, when winger Milan Lucic hit Fehervary along the boards. Fehervary’s left arm got caught in an awkward position and appeared to take the brunt end of the hit.
Fehervary immediately departed for the bench following the hit and never returned. Though John Carlson returned off IR last month, the Capitals’ blue line has already been without Dmitry Orlov due to a lower-body injury for their last 12 games.
Later in the period, Kuemper was forced to leave the ice when Flames center Tyler Toffoli caught him in the mask with an elbow. Kuemper took exception to the contact and retaliated by knocking Toffoli to the ice with his stick.
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