Washington Capitals goaltender Michal Neuvirth left Friday's pre-game warm ups with a lower-body injury and will not start Friday against the Montreal Canadiens as expected.
Michal Neuvirth left warmups with a lower-body injury, will not play tonight. Braden Holtby will start.
— Katie Carrera (@kcarrera) November 29, 2013
A spokesperson for the Capitals said Neuvirth's injury is not the same one that kept him out of practice earlier in the week.