Andre Burakovsky misses practice after suffering hand injury
Despite a scheduled day off Sunday, Capitals forward Andre Burakovsky missed practice Monday morning due to what the team’s PR termed an “upper body” injury.
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Despite a scheduled day off Sunday, Capitals forward Andre Burakovsky missed practice Monday morning due to what the team’s PR termed an “upper body” injury.
The Capitals were the healthiest team in the league during the 2016-17 season with only 49-man games lost due to injury. That luck had to end at some point, and it appears it has early this season.
Matt Niskanen, who is arguably the Capitals’ top defenseman, was placed on long-term injured reserved last week, while Lars Eller missed last night’s game due to the flu. Eller’s replacement, Tyler Graovac, only made it through the first period last night.
Although specifics of Niskanen and Tyler Graovac’s upper-body injuries have not been released, the Capitals team photos from the FBI Academy Wednesday may have given us the tiniest of updates.
By Cara Bahniuk 3 years ago
Tyler Graovac received a jersey Tuesday night in place of Lars Eller who felt under the weather.
Graovac would only take seven shifts and receive 3:19 of ice time before being felled by what the team called an upper body injury.
If there’s one thing the Capitals can’t afford this season is an injury to one of their veteran defensemen. After losing Karl Alzner, Nate Schmidt, and Kevin Shattenkirk over the offseason, the Capitals are paper thin at defense.
Late in the second period, that worst case scenario played out when Matt Niskanen, arguably the team’s best defenseman, was forced to leave the game after an apparent hand injury.
On Saturday, a New York Rangers spokesperson announced that Henrik Lundqvist suffered and played through an Isolated Grade 1 MCL sprain and will not skate until August.
The injury took place during the World Championship tournament where Lundqvist and the Sweden National Team won gold.
By Cara Bahniuk 4 years ago
Penguins forward Sidney Crosby has been diagnosed with a concussion, Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan told reporters Tuesday afternoon.
This is bad news for the game of hockey. It doesn’t matter who you root for.
By Chris Gordon 4 years ago
Thursday, Capitals goaltending prospect Ilya Samsonov posted a picture of himself in a hospital bed at an orthopedic clinic in Rome, Italy. Samsonov described himself as “feeling in great shape” after “everything went as well as possible,” without giving any details about the procedure he underwent.
By Graham Dumas 4 years ago
Alex Ovechkin laid out Jake Gardiner in the first period with a mighty (and clean) hit. One wonders if that hit pissed off Nazem Kadri, as he did a dirty hit on Ovechkin later that period.
Ovi flipped, suffering an apparent leg injury. He stayed down.
^ That’s your nightmare scenario.
By Ian Oland 4 years ago
The Toronto Maple Leafs are already without defenseman Nikita Zaitsev. Now they will be without one of their best blueliners for the rest of the postseason.
Roman Polak, who averaged 17:55 of ice time for the Leafs this season, was injured in the second period after absorbing a huge bodycheck from Brooks Orpik.
The Washington Capitals and Toronto Maple Leafs have been playing exciting run-and-gun hockey in their first round matchup, trading tough hits along the way. On Saturday night, fun hockey turned into something we never want to see.
In the middle of the second period, Toronto defenseman Roman Polak entered the offensive zone with puck. Unfortunately for him, Brooks Orpik was there waiting for him, dishing out a powerful, clean bodycheck after Polak crossed the blueline.
Warning: this is tough to watch.
By Chris Gordon 4 years ago
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