Washington Capitals followers, look away. Star captain Alexander Ovechkin was listed as week-to-week with a decrease leg damage, per the team Tuesday.
The replace added he can be evaluated by workforce medical doctors on Wednesday.
Ovechkin collided with the Utah Hockey Membership’s Jack McBain throughout Washington’s 6-2 victory on Monday evening.
On replay it appeared his left knee buckled from the leg-on-leg influence and he couldn’t put a lot stress on it as he skated off the ice.
If Ovechkin does should miss a while it might interrupt one of many hottest streaks of his profession.
The 39-year outdated scored twice Monday, taking sole possession of the league lead in targets (15) whereas having scored in every of his final 5 intervals performed.
With 868 profession tallies, he is simply 27 in need of passing Hockey Corridor of Famer Wayne Gretzky for many all-time (894).
Ovechkin has only missed 35 games in his 20 season profession on account of accidents, proving to be some of the sturdy gamers within the league.
Washington is off Tuesday because it flies house from Utah and can follow Wednesday, the place additional updates on Ovechkin’s situation are anticipated.
