The Washington Capitals needed a spark.

It’s been an up-and-down year for the Capitals; center Nic Dowd described it Monday night as “peaks and valleys,” a fitting analogy for a team that went 6-2-0 in its first eight games but is 3-6-2 since. Ahead of Saturday’s game against the New Jersey Devils, Washington coach Spencer Carbery executed one of his options to help his team find some life by shaking up his forward lines.

See Full Page