ARLINGTON, V.A. — Just a handful of weeks after breaking his leg, Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin is closing in on making a rreturn.
Ovechkin is a possibility Saturday's game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, as coach Spencer Carbery said "things are trending in the right direction" for him but at the same time, won't confirm until morning skate if he will play.
"We'll have to see how he responds to practice," Carbery said.
At Friday's skate, Ovechkin was back on the top line with Dylan Strome and Aliaksei Protas, who he had good chemistry with before his injury.