The Caps are in the middle of practice right now. Tomas Fleischmann is back on the second line and Brooks Laich is back at center because of David Steckel's absence. Here are the lines:

Ovechkin-Backstrom-Kozlov
Fleischmann-Fedorov-Semin
Laing-Gordon-Bradley-Clark
Brashear-Laich-Cooke-Fehr

Bruce Boudreau said Cristobal Huet will be in net tomorrow and he hasn't made a decision on Sunday yet. He said Eric Fehr will likely be the healthy scratch against the Bruins. Chris Clark said he's made some small improvements, but he won't be ready to go until most or all of the pain in his groin is gone. He did participate in a couple of line drills.

"I've been on the ice consistently, so that's something," Clark said. "It is every morning. I talk with [trainer Greg Smith] and try to figure it out. With this [injury] there can't be that much pain, because it is kind of be reinjuring it and eventually it would get worse to he point where I can't play."

Also, Boudreau said Michael Nylander "looks good in the weight room and with his movements" but GM George McPhee pretty much ruled out the possibility of Michael Nylander returning this season from shoulder surgery, even in the playoffs.

- Corey Masisak