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Video: Slumping Capitals lose to Devils, Grabovski leaves due to injury

Washington Capitals v New York Islanders

skates against the New York Islanders at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on November 30, 2013 in Uniondale, New York. The Capitals defeated the Islanders 3-2 in overtime.

Bruce Bennett

Things aren’t getting any better for the struggling Washington Capitals. In fact, they could be getting a lot worse.

The Capitals lost for the seventh consecutive game after falling 2-1 to the New Jersey Devils on Friday. It didn’t help matters that forward Mikhail Grabovski left the game in the second period after suffering what appeared to be a left leg injury.

The injury occurred just after the midway point of the period, as Grabovski got tangled up with a New Jersey defenseman in front of Cory Schneider and got his leg caught under him on the fall.

Grabovski, who has 12 goals and 33 points this season, didn’t play another minute. The Capitals said at one point his return to the game was questionable.

According to Katie Carrera of the Washington Post, Grabovski went out for a quick skate prior to the beginning of the third period, but left the ice and went back down the tunnel to the dressing room.

The Capitals were already without star Alex Ovechkin, who leads the league in goals but is dealing with a groin ailment. That only compounds their recent troubles. For the fifth time in this recent skid, they were held to just one goal.

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