Attack “Washington” Alexander Ovechkin will travel with the team to an NHL regular season road game against Florida, journalist Sammy Silber reports on social media.
Ovechkin during the game between Utah and Washington was hit in the knee during a collision with McBain. Based on the results of the examination, it became known that the 39-year-old hockey player had a fracture of the left fibula – the Russian was absent for the longest period in 20 seasons in the NHL. He will miss at least four weeks. Without Ovechkin, Washington suffered two consecutive defeats: against Colorado (1:2) and New Jersey (2:3). The match against Florida will take place on November 25.
— Ovechkin is heading to Florida, according to Carbury. He will be with the team. He won’t skate, but he can be with the team,” Silber wrote on social media.
The Russian forward scored 25 points (15 goals and 10 assists) in 18 games this NHL season. In total, he has 868 goals in the regular season, according to this indicator he is second only to Canadian Wayne Gretzky (894).
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