Capitals’ Pierre-Luc Dubois out day-to-day with lower-body injury
The Washington Capitals will be without one of their top forwards for the next few days.
Pierre-Luc Dubois will be out for Tuesday’s game against the Tampa Bay Lightning with a lower-body injury, according to The Washington Post reporter Bailey Johnson.
Looks like Hendrix Lapierre will draw back in with Dubois out tonight. Declan Chisholm is still on the ice and Trevor van Riemsdyk has come off, so appears he’s getting back in too. https://t.co/u8wb0ZoXUd
— Bailey Johnson (@BaileyAJohnson_) October 14, 2025
Dubois, 27, left Sunday’s game against the New York Rangers with an injury and did not skate with the Capitals Tuesday morning. Johnson is reporting that Hendrix Lapierre will likely step in to replace Dubois in the lineup.
Through three games this season, Dubois has no points and is averaging 17:22 of ice time.
Pierre Luc Dubois (lower-body) is out vs. Tampa Bay on Tuesday and considered day-to-day. https://t.co/i1VPDe630b
— Daily Faceoff – Fantasy (@DFOFantasy) October 14, 2025
During his first season with the Capitals, Dubois finished with 20 goals and 46 assists for 66 points, setting career highs in assists and points.
Now in his ninth NHL season, Dubois, a native of Ste-Agathe-Des-Monts, Que., has 165 goals and 243 assists for 408 points in 601 career regular-season games with the Capitals, Los Angeles Kings, Winnipeg Jets and Columbus Blue Jackets.
Dubois has also played in 53 playoff games, scoring 11 goals and 19 assists for 30 points.
Taken No. 3 overall by the Blue Jackets in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, Dubois spent three seasons in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League with the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles and Blainville-Boisbriand Armada, scoring 73 goals and adding 126 assists for 199 points in 164 career regular-season games.
His best season came in 2015-16 with Cape Breton, recording 42 goals and 57 assists for 99 points.
Through three games in 2025-26, the Capitals are 2-1-0, starting the season with a 3-1 loss to the Boston Bruins, a 4-2 win over the New York Islanders and a 1-0 victory over the Rangers.