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Ovechkin Week-to-Week
by Paul on 11/02/09 at 05:03 PM ET
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via a Caps release,
Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin suffered an upper-body strain in Sunday evening’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets and his status is week-to-week, the team determined Monday.
Ovechkin, the NHL leader in points (23) and goals (14) and the league’s Second Star of the Month for October, is expected to miss the fifth game of his five-year career on Wednesday at New Jersey. He has only missed two games due to injury in his first four seasons.
“We have to buckle down,” head coach Bruce Boudreau said earlier Monday. “A goal a game he scores, so we got to play better defense and cannot allow four or five goals a game. You have to win 3-1 and 2-1 and if you get lucky sometimes make it a 4-2 game. I think we have enough character players who understand what we will have to do without Alex.”
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It was easy to see he hurt his left shoulder, the TV showed him flexing/rotating it while in the penalty box.
Posted by Nathan from BC on 11/02/09 at 06:36 PM ET
“A goal a game he scores, so we got to play better defense and cannot allow four or five goals a game.
Good luck with that.
Posted by cs6687 on 11/02/09 at 08:27 PM ET
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