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With Nick Foligno returning from a suspension, Nash will serve as a healthy scratch vs. the Red Wings. Nash has just one assist in his last nine games.

Foligno will replace Riley Nash in his return to the lineup and will look to get things going offensively. Foligno has scored just one goal with six assists in 17 games this season.

Brouwer was in St. Louis on a PTO but with Sammy Blais going down for at least 10 weeks, they elected to sign the veteran winger to a one-year deal. Brouwer was last with the Florida Panthers, where he had 12 goals and nine assists (21 points) in 75 games in 2018-19.

Blais suffered the injury during the Blues' 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday. Blais will be re-evaluated in 10 weeks, which means he could miss more than two and a half months. To replace Blais, the Blues announced that they've signed veteran Troy Brouwer to a one-year deal.

Devan Dubnyk missed Wednesday's practice for personal reasons, so Kahkonen comes up and will likely serve as Alex Stalock's backup on Thursday.

Dubnyk missed Wednesday's practice to deal with a "family issue" and is questionable for Thursday's game. Alex Stalock is coming off of a win in Buffalo on Tuesday, so they won't hesitate to let Dubnyk have the night off with Stalock starting and Kaapo Kahkonen backing him up.

The Senators and the NHLPA did not elaborate any further, so Ryan is out indefinitely until we hear otherwise. It has been a tough season for Ryan, who has had to deal with being regularly scratched but clearly there are things that are more important than hockey.

Kakko missed the last games with an illness but will play Wednesday vs. the Capitals. Kakko was starting to heat up before falling ill, scoring three goals in his last two games and five in his last seven.

Dowd's move to IR means he will miss at least one more game and it opens up a roster spot to call-up a forward to fill-in for Nicklas Backstrom, who is now dealing with an upper-body injury of his own.

Hagelin has been out since November 7th due to an upper-body injury and his move to LTIR means he'll have to miss at least four more games. The move helps the Capitals financially, as they're able to recall reinforcements from Hershey (AHL) to help fill the gaps left by injuries to Hagelin, Nic Dowd and Nicklas Backstrom.

Backstrom will not be in the lineup when the Capitals take on the Rangers on Wednesday night. This is the first we've heard about an upper-body injury for Backstrom, but Washington is labelling him as day-to-day for now. Lars Eller will likely move up to the second line and Michael Sgarbossa will draw into the lineup to replace Backstrom.

Gettinger is a fourth-line banger that will replace Lias Andersson, who was sent the other way. Gettinger is 6-foot-6, 218 lbs. who has registered four goals with two assists in 17 AHL games so far this season. He appeared in four games with the Rangers a year ago.

The former No.7 overall pick has been limited to a fourth-line role and has recorded just one assist in 17 games this season. He goes to Hartford where he will be able to play big minutes and Tim Gettinger comes up to eat the fourth-line ice-time.