“We’ll see” – Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin nears return as Stanley Cup playoff looms
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Alex Ovechkin seems primed to return to the NHL ring for Game 1 on Tuesday of the Washington Capitals’ first-round playoff series against the Florida Panthers. The 36-years-old captain missed the previous 3 games of the regular-season games after he suffered an upper-body injury on April 24th. Ovechkin said he could have participated in the last week of the season if they were playoffs, on Sunday. However, both the team and the captain himself wanted to be cautious of sustaining further injury.
Alex Ovechkin noted, “We knew we make the playoffs and just decided to take a rest”. Ovechkin was seen skating at Sunday’s team practice at MedStar Capitals Iceplex. After resting and taking full reps he has been with the team since Thursday morning in New York. It is reported that he was taking his usual one-timers as the practice was winding down. Although he didn’t directly mention anything about participating in Game 1, he said he felt “good” at practice.
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“We knew we made the playoffs” – Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin said
When asked the question whether or not he’s going to be in the game next round, Alex Ovechkin just mentioned “we’ll see”. But all signs till now point in the direction of Ovechkin’s return as both his team and his fans are dying hard to see. As reported on nhl.com, Capitals coach Peter Laviolette said, “Right now, he’s day to day”. “He had a good day today. You guys saw him out there. He didn’t shy away from anything, so we hope he keeps moving forward.”
During his 17 National Hockey League games, Ovechkin has sat out 27 regular-season games because of the injury. Alex Ovechkin further noted, “Obviously, we knew we made the playoffs and just decided to take a rest,”
Game 1 against the Florida Panthers will take place at FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida. Ovechkin further added,
“We just have to play the same way on the road as we play in the regular season”. “But how said, everything is changing. It’s a totally different game it’s going to be, so I think we’re all excited. We all can’t wait for Game 1.”
Dimitri Orlov said: “Obviously he is the best goal scorer in the league and goals are important.” “You can see in the last three games we didn’t score a lot. For sure we need him as a captain, as a leader, as our goal scorer.”
Till now, Alex Ovechkin has 50 goals in 77 games this season and has yet to miss a playoff game in his 17 years professional career. He scored 71 goals, and 64 assists in 141 postseason games.
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