"The Washington Capitals suffered a momentum-halting 4-1 loss to Tim Thomas and the Boston Bruins on Sunday afternoon. It's also possible they absorbed yet another injury to a key player.

Versatile forward Brooks Laich limped out of Verizon Center on crutches and sported an immobilizer on his left knee after getting crunched along the end boards in the second period by Bruins defenseman Dennis Seidenberg.

"I'm going to get some ice on it and see how I feel when I get up," said Laich, who has 10 goals and 28 points, the sixth-highest total on the team. "I'm not a doctor, but with these things sometimes there's some swelling and you've got to wait to see what happens. But I don't think it's anything serious. In the past I've been a fast healer. We'll see when I wake up.""