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The 39-year-old skated by himself in full gear. He has not played since sustaining the injury in a shin-on-shin collision with Utah’son Nov. 18. He was given a timeline of four-to-six weeks, putting a potential return sometime in late December or early January.
Ovechkin had scored 15 goals in his first 18 games before getting injured to move 27 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career record. “The initial prognosis was week to week,” Ruff said. “He’s doing OK, so it could be one of those shorter things.”Varlamov, 36, has a 2.89 goals-against average and .889 save percentage in 10 games this season. He last played on Nov. 29 against the Capitals.
Defenceman Adam Pelech joined the team at morning skate on Thursday. It's his first time skating with the team since sustaining an upper-body injury on Nov. 1.Jack Hughes will not participate in practice Thursday, the team announced. Hughes also missed practice prior to the team's game on Monday but suited up against the New York Rangers and scored two goals to go with an assist.
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