The Washington Capitals launched an replace on captain Alexander Ovechkin’s damage standing and corresponding roster strikes on Wednesday.
In an announcement, the team announced Ovechkin was positioned on injured reserve, which means he’ll miss not less than seven days, per league guidelines.
The 39-year previous suffered a lower-leg damage after colliding with the Utah Hockey Membership’s Jack McBain within the third interval of Washington’s 6-2 win on Monday. The staff subsequently listed him as “week-to-week” on Tuesday.
Head coach Spencer Carbery supplied his perspective on Ovechkin’s damage to 106.7 The Fan on Wednesday morning.
“I believe week-to-week is fairly correct,” Carbery confirmed. “This is not one thing the place his season is ending.”
That may absolutely be a reduction to followers who have been witnessing one of many hottest scoring streaks in Ovechkin’s 20-season profession.
He at the moment leads the NHL in objectives (15) and had scored 5 in his final 5 durations performed along with his two tallies towards Utah on Monday and his 31st career hat-trick the evening earlier than.
He now pauses his season with 868 profession objectives, simply 27 shy of passing Corridor of Famer Wayne Gretzky for many all-time (894).
Carbery added staff medical doctors will consider Ovechkin additional Wednesday and the staff will present info because it turns into out there to forestall hypothesis over one of many league’s hottest gamers.
Washington recalled ahead Ivan Miroshnichenko from its AHL affiliate to fill Ovechkin’s roster spot whereas shifting ahead Sonny Milano to long-term injured reserve with an higher physique damage he is been nursing since mid-October.
Ovechkin’s IR stint means he’ll miss not less than the staff’s subsequent two video games (Thursday vs. Colorado, Saturday vs. New Jersey) but when his restoration goes nicely, he may very well be eligible to return for Monday’s recreation towards the Florida Panthers.
