Overview
- Rasmus Sandin is day-to-day with an upper-body injury, did not practice Thursday, and will not travel to play the Blue Jackets.
- Pierre-Luc Dubois practiced fully, will travel to Columbus, and could be in Friday’s lineup after four games out with a lower-body injury.
- With Sandin unavailable, Declan Chisholm skated on the bottom pair with Trevor van Riemsdyk, and Dylan McIlrath worked as the extra defenseman.
- Sandin had appeared in the first seven games of the season, averaging 19:23 per game with two recent assists after playing all 82 last year.
- Washington opens a back-to-back in Columbus on Friday before returning home to face Ottawa on Saturday, and activating Dubois would require a corresponding roster move.