Capitals' Oshie ruled out over upper-body injury

T.J. Oshie will be out indefinitely after suffering an upper-body injury in Thursday's playoff game, Washington Capitals coach Todd Reirden announced Friday. A hit from Carolina Hurricanes forward Warren Foegele sent Oshie headfirst into the boards, and he left the ice holding his arm and shoulder.

Reirden said Oshie won't play in Game 5 on Saturday and that the team would know more about a timetable for his return after Oshie saw the doctor on Friday. To take his place on the roster, the Capitals recalled right winger Devante Smith-Pelly from the AHL's Hershey Bears.

Goalie Vitek Vanecek was sent to Hershey in a corresponding move. Smith-Pelley was one of the heroes of the Capitals' run to the Stanley Cup last season, but he was assigned to the AHL club in February.

The Capitals are tied 2-2 with the Carolina Hurricanes in their first-round playoff series. Smith-Pelly scored seven goals in the postseason last year -- matching his regular-season total -- and tallied the game-tying goal during the Capitals' Cup-clinching Game 5 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights.

Smith-Pelly had four goals and four assists in 54 games this season. Smith-Pelly, 26, has played for four teams in eight NHL seasons. He has 44 goals and 57 assists in 395 career games. He was playing on a one-year, $1 million contract this season.

The loss of Oshie, Washington's second-leading goal-scorer with 25 during the regular season, could hurt the Capitals. After the Capitals were blanked 5-0 in Game 3, Reirden moved Oshie to the top line along with Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom.