Capitals hope Ovechkin out no more than 2 weeks

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ARLINGTON, Va. | First, Alex Ovechkin was day-to-day. Then he was week-to-week.

Now the latest, courtesy of coach Bruce Boudreau: “Hopefully it’s no more than two weeks.”

Ovechkin, the league’s two-time reigning MVP has the most serious injury of his NHL career, an “upper-body strain” that could test just how good the Washington Capitals can be this season. He did not practice Tuesday.

Ovechkin has missed only four games — just two because of injury — since coming to the NHL in 2005. Game five comes Wednesday at New Jersey. He’s paced the Capitals with a league-leading 14 goals this season.

Other games
•At Detroit 2, Boston 0

•Tampa Bay 2, at Toronto 1, OT

•Atlanta 5, at Montreal 4

•Pittsburgh 4, at Anaheim 3

•At Vancouver 4, N.Y. Rangers 1

Highlights
•Detroit’s Chris Osgood made 29 saves in his first shutout of the season.

•Ryan Malone scored in overtime for Tampa Bay.

| The Associated Press

Posted on Tue, Nov. 03, 2009 10:57 PM

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