Justin Sourdif will center Capitals' second line against New Jersey Devils: '[His] job is to run with that opportunity'

"Carbery told reporters that Sourdif will slot in at second-line center when the Caps face the New Jersey Devils on Saturday, citing his strong performance against the Florida Panthers earlier in the week. He'll play alongside two of the team's best wingers in Tom Wilson and Aliaksei Protas. Facing his former Panthers for the first time since getting traded, Sourdif began Thursday's game on the third line but moved to the top six late in the first period,"

""I think early in the game, he was going," Carbery said of Sourdif. "You could tell from his first shift. But credit to him, I see an opportunity to play him with those two guys. We needed a little bit of a spark. He goes up there and was fantastic." The Capitals lost that game 6-3, but the Protas-Sourdif-Wilson trio proved a bright spot."

Justin Sourdif will move to second-line center for Washington, paired with Tom Wilson and Aliaksei Protas after a strong outing against the Florida Panthers. He began that game on the third line but moved into the top six and scored his second goal of the season. The Protas-Sourdif-Wilson trio produced dominant five-on-five results, out-chancing the Panthers 7-0 and generating a 3-0 high-danger chance advantage during their shifts. The Capitals have struggled to stabilize the middle six since Pierre-Luc Dubois' injury, and Sourdif has shown promising underlying numbers in limited NHL action.

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