Washington Capitals goalie Darcy Kuemper may miss Friday’s opener against Pittsburgh, and for good reason.
Kuemper and his wife Sydney welcomed their first child Thursday night, a boy.
“They were at the hospital last night, so we’ll see how today goes,” head coach Spencer Carbery said at Friday’s morning skate. “If we have to make some adjustments lineup-wise, we will this afternoon.”
Kuemper is entering his second year in Washington, looking to rebound after allowing 154 goals last season — the most in a season during his career. If Kuemper is unable to go, Charlie Lindgren would receive the start.
“We just want to be mindful of the fact that we want to put him in a position to have success, so we’ll figure that out this afternoon and may have to make some according lineup decisions based off of that decision.”
At Thursday’s skate, the team’s lines were as follows:
Alex Ovechkin-Nicklas Backstrom-TJ Oshie
Connor McMichael-Evgeny Kuznetsov-Tom Wilson
Sonny Milano-Dylan Strome-Aliaksei Protas
Beck Malenstyn-Nic Dowd-Anthony Mantha/Matthew Phillips
Rasmus Sandin-John Carlson
Martin Fehervary-Trevor van Riemsdyk
Lucas Johansen-Nick Jensen
Friday’s regular season opener against Pittsburgh is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m.
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