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Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is one step closer to returning to the ice as he’s been cleared for contact during his recovery from a fractured left fibula. However, Ovechkin, who is chasing Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goal record of 894, won’t return until after the league’s Dec. 24-26 holiday break.
With 868 career goals, Ovechkin is just 27 goals shy of breaking the record. If he returns on Dec. 28 against the Toronto Maple Leafs, he’ll have 48 games left this season to make history. Get all the details on his injury, rehab progress, and how his absence has impacted the Capitals’ season.
The Capitals have managed an impressive 9-4-1 record without Ovechkin, securing first place in the Eastern Conference. As one of the NHL’s hottest players before his injury, Ovechkin scored 15 goals in 18 games, keeping fans hopeful for his return.
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Alex Ovechkin Cleared for Contact: Injury Update & Goal Record Chase । USA TODAY NEWS
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[Music] Alex oetkin cleared for contact but delays return Washington Capital star Alex oetkin has been cleared for contact as he recovers from a fractured left fibula however he won’t return to game action until after the League’s holiday break December 24th to 26 oetkin chasing Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goal record skated Friday at the team’s practice facility wearing his regular red jersey instead of the blue non-con jersey he had used in recent practices oetkin has already been ruled out of Friday’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes Sunday’s matchup against the Los Angeles Kings and Monday’s game at the Boston Bruins capitals coach Spencer carbur said the timing of the holiday break aligns well with oetkin recovery allowing him more time to heal when will oetkin return carbury indicated that oetkin return is not guaranteed for the team’s first game after the break on December 28th against the Toronto Maple lease if he does not return the next opportunity would be December 29th against the Detroit Red Wings details of the injury oetkin was injured on November 18th in a game against the Utah Hockey Club after an inadvertent legon leg collision with defenseman Jack McBain diagnosed with a fractured left fibula 3 days later he was initially expected to miss 4 to 6 weeks making a post Christmas return within the middle of the projected timeline progress in rehab oetkin began light skating in a track suit on December 2nd gradually increasing his intensity and joining team practices for non-c contact drills he participated in the team’s recent two- game Road Trip practicing in a non-con jersey on Thursday before being cleared for contact on Friday impact on the capital season oetkin absence has been significant he missed his 14th game on Friday and will sit out the next two bringing the total to 16 games without him the capitals initially went 0 to2 but then embarked on an impressive 801 run before losing two more games after Friday’s victory their record without oetkin stands at 941 helping them secure first place in the Eastern Conference oetkin goal chasing record oetkin has 868 career goals putting him just 27 shy of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s record of 894 a benchmark that has stood since 1999 during his injury oetkin was the League’s hottest player scoring 15 goals and 18 games including five goals in his last two games before being sidelined if oetkin returns for the December 28th game he will have 48 games remaining in the regular season to chase the record should he fall short this season oetkin still has one year remaining on his current contract to achieve the historic milestone
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