There may be no more valuable player in the NHL than Alex Ovechkin missed the Capitals' game against the Wild on March 5, but returned to the lineup against the Sabres on Saturday.
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Ovechkin Returns vs. Sabres
Saturday, March 7
Alex Prewitt of the Washington Post provided the lines for the Capitals game against the Sabres:
Prewitt previously reported Ovechkin was a game-time decision:
Once again among the first Washington Capitals on the ice, forward Alex Ovechkin participated fully in Saturday’s optional morning skate but still considered himself a game-time decision for the night’s matchup against Buffalo.
“We’ll see,” Ovechkin said. “I’m probably going to take a warmup and we’ll see how it goes.”
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“It was a pain, probably if it was a playoff game, I would be in,” he said. “Right now, you don’t want to push when you don’t feel healthy enough. Right now I feel much better so I’m going to try.
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