Spencer Carbery says Matt Roy is questionable for Saturday, while the Capitals are also juggling illnesses to Justin Sourdif and Pierre-Luc Dubois.
Sammi Silber relayed the update ahead of Saturday afternoon's game against New Jersey.
Sourdif is day-to-day with an illness, per the same report.
Roy, listed with a lower-body injury, has dressed only twice this season on a $5,750,000 cap hit.
Carbery should play it safe across the board. A team at 4-3-0 in October doesn't need to rush anybody back, least of all from an illness.
An illness moving through a locker room is like a cold running through an office. One person sniffles, and by Friday the meeting room is half empty.
Dubois is feeling a bit better, according to Silber, but his next step is returning to the facility before getting into action.
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Pierre-Luc Dubois has to return to the facility before he plays
The forward has 4 points on an $8,500,000 cap hit.
Sourdif has a goal on an $825,000 deal and sits at -2.
Washington is coming off Wednesday's 5-4 win over Montreal.
Alex Tuch leads the team with 5 goals, including 3 game-winners.
Ryan Leonard has 6 points, and Dylan Strome has 5 assists.
Tom Wilson has 5 points, days after his cold exchange with Arber Xhekaj, while Alexander Ovechkin has 3.
New Jersey arrives after a 7-1 rout of the Rangers on Thursday.
Jack Hughes leads the Devils with 9 points, and Nico Hischier has 3 power-play goals.
The Devils are dealing with illness too, with Luke Evangelista listed out until at least Oct 17.
Logan Thompson sits at .904 in the Washington crease, while Jake Allen is at .885 for New Jersey.
This is the first of three meetings, with two more coming in November.
If Roy can't go, who steps in on the Capitals' blue line?
After the Devils, Washington hosts Los Angeles on Tuesday and Buffalo next Saturday.
Questionable, day-to-day and feeling a bit better. Carbery won't know which version of his lineup he has until puck drop.
Should the Capitals hold Pierre-Luc Dubois out until he's fully healthy?
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