Alex Ovechkin has been in the middle of a few big hits this weekend. Friday, he nailed Jonathan Drouin with a monster open-ice check, injuring the star forward. “It’s hockey… it’s not a ballet,” Ovechkin said afterward.
Saturday, during the second period of Caps-Bruins, Ovechkin was decked in neutral ice by Tom Wilson at full speed.
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Wilson was actually trying to steal the puck from Sean Kuraly. As he curled, Wilson slammed into Ovechkin near the red line and both players went crashing to the ice.
NBC Sports Washington has the other angle.
whoopsies pic.twitter.com/z9WfV9jszy
— NBC Sports Capitals (@NBCSCapitals) November 17, 2019
Wilson was looked over briefly after the hit and returned with a tampon up his right nostril.
— thankstina 🦃 (@sharkstina) November 17, 2019
Other than that, both players were okay and laughed about it later.
the babes are okay pic.twitter.com/YABTmUq4qb
— NBC Sports Capitals (@NBCSCapitals) November 17, 2019
But please, fellas, try to avoid doing that in the future. Didn’t you see how hard it was to get a 12th forward on the roster this morning? We can’t handle two more injuries!
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Headline photo: NBC Sports Washington
