Alex Ovechkin Will Play Game 1: NHL World Reacts
The Washington Capitals will be welcoming back their best player for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Alex Ovechkin will play against the Florida Panthers after he sat out the final three regular-season games with an upper-body injury. The Caps didn’t want to risk the injury getting worse.
Alex Ovechkin will play, per Capitals coach Peter Laviolette says.
Vitek Vanecek will start Game 1 for the Capitals, coach Laviolette says.
— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) May 3, 2022
Ovechkin is really putting the name of “Russian Machine Never Breaks” to great use, now. He scored 50 goals again this season, which is the ninth time he’s hit that mark in his career.
Fans are pumped to see him back in the lineup as he will need to be at his best if the Caps are to upset the Cats.
LFG
— x – amari (@amariholt_) May 3, 2022
Oh boy the boys are back in town
— Edward Ford (@EdwardFord_TV) May 3, 2022
MY LONGEST YEAH BOY EVER
— josh (@joshweyandd) May 3, 2022
Caps in 4 https://t.co/w8ics7h9hM
— Jackson Didlake (@diidlake) May 3, 2022
Russian Machine Dont Break https://t.co/0PggvStQHR
— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) May 3, 2022
Hat trick inbound
— 🥃Austin El Idolo🥃 (@RatedRAustin_) May 3, 2022
The Capitals will look to win their first series since 2018 when they won their first-ever Stanley Cup.
Game 1 will start at 7 p.m. ET. It’ll be televised by ESPN2.
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