Posts by Ian Oland

Alex Ovechkin felt ‘100 percent’ after skating 19 minutes against the Bruins: ‘I don’t feel any soreness’

The Washington Capitals and Boston Bruins played what amounted to a meaningless game on Tuesday. Neither team could improve their position in the standings and both teams were already locked into a first-round matchup against each other in the postseason. The Bruins scratched 16 veterans and iced a bunch of players from their AHL team while the Capitals used the game as a tuneup for the playoffs.

The Caps wound up winning 2-1 via a buzzer beater by Michael Raffl, but the most important storyline coming out of the game was Alex Ovechkin’s return from a lower-body injury.

Ovechkin, who had missed seven of the last eight games, skated 19 minutes against Boston. Afterward in the Zoom Room, he dished on where he’s at physically.

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Alex Ovechkin returns from injury for Capitals season finale

The Washington Capitals are concluding the 2020-21 regular season by playing a meaningless game against the Boston Bruins. The Bruins are intentionally sitting 16 of its regulars.

The Caps, meanwhile, are treating game number 56 as a dress rehearsal for the playoffs. That means Alex Ovechkin, who practiced Monday and took the morning skate earlier in the day, made his grand return to the lineup after missing seven of the last eight games due to a lower-body injury.

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