The Washington Capitals are coming off another loss, this time to the Tampa Bay Lightning, 3-2. The Caps may be celebrating Alex Ovechkin's 900th goal, but they are also mourning the results of the season so far. They just received more bad new s, as Pierre-Luc Dubois will be out for 3-4 months.

The Capitals announced on X, formerly Twitter, that Luc-Dubois underwent surgery for an abdominal and adductor injury and now will be out for 3-4 months. Luc-Dubois was injured in the 3-1 loss to the New York Islanders, but did not have a point in his six games so far.

“No, we do not think it's going to be season-ending, just an extended period of time at this point,” Capitals coach Spencer Carbery said immediately after the injury .

Dubois was the third overall pick of the Columbus B

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