Journalist Tom Gulitti said on his social networks that the Washington captain was training with the team before the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL) against Anaheim.
Washington will play Anaheim on January 17. The teams will take to the ice at 3:00 Moscow time.
The Russian player played a total of 39 matches on the ice this season and recorded 8 goals and 19 assists. Ovechkin has 830 goals in his entire NHL career. He is behind Wayne Gretzky, who holds the league record for most goals in NHL history with 64 goals. At the same time, the hockey player failed to score a goal in the last four matches.
Ovechkin missed his team’s last two games with a lower-body injury. Washington sits 12th in the NHL Eastern Conference after 41 games played.
Washington ranks 12th in the Eastern Conference rankings with 4 points. Anaheim sits 14th in the Western Conference with 31 points.
A psychologist once said this: may I help you Ovechkin has overcome the NHL slump.