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At the Rink: Capitals at Devils

Saturday, 12.20.2014 / 12:54 PM

By NHL.com Staff -  / 2014-2015 At the Rink blog

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At the Rink: Capitals at Devils

Mike Cammalleri has been placed on injured reserve retroactive to Dec. 13 with a lower-body injury, the New Jersey Devils announced Saturday.

The forward will be out for New Jersey's game Saturday against the Washington Capitals and is eligible to return Tuesday against the Carolina Hurricanes.

Cammalleri has missed the past three games, and last played Dec. 13 against the Dallas Stars. Playing in his first season in New Jersey, Cammalleri leads the Devils with 11 goals and five power-play goals.

Neither the Devils nor the Capitals had full morning skates Saturday, but New Jersey did make a few moves. Defenseman Adam Larsson and forward Mike Sislo were recalled.

Larsson has not played for the Devils since Dec. 2, but skated for the Albany Devils of the American Hockey League on Friday on a conditioning assignment after being diagnosed with the mumps. He had two assists in a 4-2 win against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.

Sislo has skated in eight games for the Devils this season, with one assist.

The Devils defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 in a shootout Friday after beginning the third period up 2-1. Nikita Kucherov scored with 41 seconds remaining in regulation for the Lightning, but Keith Kinkaid stopped all three Tampa Bay attempts in the shootout to pick up his first NHL victory.

"We had a good effort last night, and a big win, and it would be great to get another one here in a back-to-back situation against a divisional opponent," goalie Cory Schneider said.

Washington last played Thursday, defeating the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-4 in overtime, which snapped a seven-game winning streak for Columbus.

Capitals coach Barry Trotz addressed the media Saturday morning, saying his forward lines would remain the same from the Thursday game, and defenseman Jack Hillen, a healthy scratch for the past four games, may play, according to the Washington Post.

Here are the projected lineups:

CAPITALS

Alex Ovechkin - Nicklas Backstrom - Tom Wilson

Marcus Johansson - Michael Latta - Troy Brouwer

Brooks Laich - Eric Fehr - Joel Ward

Jason Chimera - Evgeny Kuznetsov - Jay Beagle

Brooks Orpik - John Carlson

Karl Alzner - Matt Niskanen

Nate Schmidt - Mike Green

Braden Holtby

Justin Peters

Scratched: Jack Hillen

Injured: Aaron Volpatti (upper body), Dmitry Orlov (wrist), John Erskine (neck surgery)

DEVILS

Scott Gomez - Adam Henrique - Jaromir Jagr

Patrik Elias - Travis Zajac - Martin Havlat

Tuomo Ruutu - Stephen Gionta - Michael Ryder

Steve Bernier - Tim Sestito - Jordin Tootoo

Andy Greene - Jon Merrill

Seth Helgeson - Marek Zidlicky

Eric Gelinas - Peter Harrold

Cory Schneider

Keith Kinkaid

Scratched: None

Injured: Mike Cammalleri (lower body), Dainius Zubrus (leg lacerations), Jacob Josefson (groin), Bryce Salvador (lower body), Damon Severson (left ankle), Ryane Clowe (head)

Status report: Schneider, who sat Friday, is expected to make his 31st start, a League high. After starting the first 20 games of the season for the Devils, Schneider has started 10 of the team's past 14. … If Larsson does play, he could replace Helgeson, who was among a group of New Jersey players who skated Saturday morning.

Who's hot: The Capitals have points in all of its past seven games (5-0-2), their longest streak since winning eight in a row between April 2 and April 16, 2013. … Backstrom was held without a point Thursday, but had six points (3-3--6) in the four games prior, including his first regular-season hat trick.

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