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Taylor was recalled from AHL Texas on Thursday.

With Kyle Capobianco (leg) sidelined for at least a week after sustaining a leg injury in Tuesday's clash, Taylor was likely called up to take the former's spot in the lineup. Overall, the 24-year-old Tayor has compiled three assists, a minus-6 rating and 18 shots on net across eight games with AHL Texas this season. If he does ultimately hit the ice in Thursday's home clash against the Canadiens, he'll be making his NHL debut after three seasons in the AHL.

Protas scored his first goal of the season on three shots while adding one hit and a plus-2 rating during Wednesday's 5-2 win over the Flyers.

The second-period tally stood up as the game-winner, as Protas deflected home a shot from Matt Roy that was drifting wide of Joseph Woll. Protas has just three points in 11 games as he struggles to get going this season, a disappointing start after he racked up 55 goals and 118 points in 152 regular-season contests over the prior two campaigns.

St. Ivany notched two assists with one shot on net, two blocked shots and a plus-2 rating in Wednesday's 5-2 win over the Flyers.

Making his Capitals debut after being claimed off waivers from the Jets, St. Ivany made an immediate impact on the third pairing, helping to set up tallies by Alex Tuch in the first period and Jordan Kyrou in the third. St. Ivany hasn't provided much offense during his NHL career, recording zero goals and 11 assists in 58 games spread over four seasons, but he's offered plenty of production in other categories with 122 hits and 70 blocked shots. The 27-year-old will offer some depth on the blue line until Rasmus Sandin (knee) and Vincent Desharnais (abdomen) get healthy.

Dubois picked up two assists in Wednesday's 5-2 win over the Flyers.

The 28-year-old center collected his first points since coming off IR on Saturday, helping to set up Aliaksei Protas' game-winner in the second period and an Alex Tuch empty-netter in the third. Dubois has been feast or famine when he's been on the ice this season, recording three two-point performances in six games but getting held off the scoresheet completely in the other three. All told, he's delivered one goal, five assists, nine shots on net, eight PIM, seven hits, four blocked shots and a plus-6 rating.

Strome pocketed three assists, one on the power play, in Wednesday's 5-2 win over the Flyers.

The veteran center picked up a helper in each period as he produced his second straight three-point performance. Strome is quickly putting a disappointing 2025-26 campaign behind him, and through 11 games in the current campaign he's piled up three goals and 12 points, and he hasn't gotten going on the power play yet -- after recording more than 20 PP points in each of the prior four seasons, Strome has just two assists so far with the man advantage.

Tuch scored two goals on a team-high five shots on net while adding one hit and a plus-3 rating in Wednesday's 5-2 win over the Flyers.

The 30-year-old winger opened and closed the scoring on the night, banging home a rebound early in the first period before icing things with an empty-netter late in the third. Tuch has delivered back-to-back two-goal performances, and over 11 games to begin his Washington tenure he's racked up nine goals and 11 points with 32 shots on net, 13 hits, eight blocked shots and a plus-7 rating.

Kyrou scored two goals, one on the power play, in Wednesday's 5-2 win over the Flyers.

The former St. Louis star found the back of the net in the second and third periods, extending his point streak to five games. Kyrou had a sluggish start to his Capitals tenure, but he's found a groove with three goals and eight points during his five-game heater. Wednesday's power-play tally was his first of the season, but his spot on the top unit should ensure plenty more production with the man advantage.

Thompson made 23 saves in Wednesday's 5-2 win over the Flyers.

Activated from a brief IR stint earlier in the day after recovering from a lower-body injury, Thompson got a cushy matchup against the NHL's 32nd-ranked offense and didn't disappoint, with the only two pucks to get past him coming on a re-directed point shot and on a Philly power play. Through eight starts this season, Thompson's gone 5-3-0 with a 2.78 GAA and .903 save percentage as the Capitals' No. 1 netminder.

Michkov scored a power-play goal in Wednesday's 5-2 loss to Washington.

The 21-year-old sniper slipped the puck past Logan Thompson after a slick feed from Denver Barkey in the third period, accounting for the Flyers' final tally of the night. Michkov is up to nine goals on the season in 15 games, and seven of them have come in the last seven contests on only 13 shots on net -- a blistering, and completely unsustainable, 53.8 percent rate.

Couturier scored his first goal of the season in Wednesday's 5-2 loss to the Capitals.

The 33-year-old center tied the score at 1-1 early in the second period with a nifty display of hand-eye coordination, tipping home a wobbly Nick Seeler shot from the blue line that was going wide. Couturier no longer has a role in the top six or on the first power-play unit, and through 15 games to begin the season he's managed only four points with 24 hits, 19 shots on net and a minus-4 rating.