Martin Fehervary was not on the ice again at MedStar Capitals Iceplex on Monday morning.
The Capitals defenseman has not skated since April 15 after appearing to turn his ankle in the Capitals’ 3-1 victory over the New York Islanders. Fehervary has not practiced with the team since then and has missed all three of the team’s skates during Easter weekend, suggesting he’s likely unavailable for Game 1 of the Capitals’ first-round series against the Montreal Canadiens.
“I’m just going to leave it as we’ve got a bunch of guys working through some things, progressing, potentially playing on Monday, potentially not,” Carbery said Saturday. “Once we get going in the series, I can give you more updates as guys are obviously warming up and in the lineup or not.”
Alex Alexeyev has filled in for Fehervary at the last few practices, skating on the Capitals’ third pairing with Trevor van Riemsdyk. Alexeyev played in three of the last four games of the season after only playing in five games prior.
Capitals projected defense pairings
Ethan Bear was also recalled from the AHL’s Hershey Bears and is skating on the team’s extra defense pairing with Dylan McIlrath.
Fehervary played in all 81 games of the season until missing the final game of the regular season against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The 25-year-old Slovakian defender posted career highs in points (25) and assists (20) this season, skating 19:00 of ice time per game.
