Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin was forced to leave Sunday night's game against the Toronto Maple Leafs due to an upper-body injury.
Ovechkin suffered the injury in the third period. He broke up a pass from Maple Leafs forward Alex Kerfoot and went in on a breakaway. As he went to the backhand, he missed the net and was tripped, accidently, by Maple Leafs goaltender Erik Kallgren.
The 36-year-old has had a strong 2021-22 campaign to this point. In 76 games, he's put up 90 points (50 goals, 40 assists), eighteen penalty minutes, and is a plus-nine.
An update on Ovechkin's status will likely come at some point on Monday.
Alex Ovechkin is out for the remainder of the game after taking this hard fall in the third period. pic.twitter.com/UbCpA6MfDg— ESPN (@espn) April 25, 2022
INJURY UPDATE: #Caps captain Alex Ovechkin sustained an upper body injury and will not return to tonight's game.— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) April 25, 2022
