Nicolas Aube-Kubel News

Washington Capitals
Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Age: 27Position: R
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38%
Assists
28%
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17%
SOG
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Nicolas Aube-Kubel will draw back into the Capitals' lineup Wednesday in Los Angeles.

Aube-Kubel will return to the Capitals' lineup on Wednesday as Hendrix Lapierre will sit in the press box as a healthy scratch. Aube-Kubel has three points (1G / 2A) in six games this season but has been held off the scoresheet in his last four games. He has played almost exclusively this season on the fourth line with Nic Dowd and Beck Malenstyn.

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Nicolas Aube-Kubel has been recalled from Hershey (AHL) and is expected to make his season debut Friday.

Aube-Kubel is expected to make his season debut on Friday with news that Anthony Mantha (upper-body) is being placed on the injured reserve. In 11 games with the Hershey Bears (AHL) this season, Aube-Kubel has three points (1G / 2A). He has primarily been an NHL-level player over the past several seasons, with 222 games and 62 points (25G / 37A) to his name. He was paired with Nic Dowd and Beck Malenstyn at morning skate on Friday.

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The Capitals claimed Nicolas Aube-Kubel on waivers from the Maple Leafs.

Aube-Kubel failed to register a point in six games in the Maple Leafs' bottom-6. He's heading to his fourth team in under a year, moving from Philadelphia to Colorado via waivers on November 13th, 2021. He signed with the Maple Leafs this summer and was claimed by Washington on Saturday. He will help replace Carl Hagelin, who hasn't played this season and Beck Malenstyn, who's out 6-to-8 weeks with a broken finger.

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Nicolas Aube-Kubel is expected to be a healthy scratch Saturday

Aube-Kubel looks like he will be the odd man out for the Maple Leafs Saturday as they take on the Winnipeg Jets. After signing from the Colorado Avalanche in the offseason, NAK has struggled in his first five games in Toronto, only collecting one shot while averaging 9:00 TOI on the Leafs' fourth line.

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