The Capitals have officially placed captain Alex Ovechkin on the Injured Reserve after suffering a lower leg injury during Sunday's win against the Utah Hockey Club.
The Capitals have officially placed captain Alex Ovechkin on the Injured Reserve after suffering a lower leg injury during Sunday's win against the Utah Hockey Club. Ovechkin has a league-leading 15 goals and 25 points in 18 games this season.
The 39-year-old Russian winger increased his career goal total to 868, which is 27 shy of breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time goal record of 894.The Blue Jackets have sent defenceman David Jiricek and forward Mikael Pyyhtia to the American Hockey League. Selected sixth overall in the 2022 draft, Jiricek has one assist in six games with the Blue Jackets this season, while often serving as a healthy scratch.Defencemen Cam York , Jamie Drysdale and Emil Andrae as well as goalie Samuel Ersson will all miss Wednesday's game against the visiting Carolina Hurricanes.
Grebenkin, 21, has four goals and 10 points in 13 games this season with the Marlies, his first season in North America. The 2022 fifth-round pick won the KHL's Gagarin Cup last season with Magnitogorsk Metallurg after posting 19 goals and 41 points in 67 regular-season games. Defenceman Simon Benoit will replace Jani Hakanpaa in the lineup on Wednesday while forward Pontus Holmberg will play centre.
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