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Alex Ovechkin did some light skating on Monday for the first time since he fractured his left fibula in a match with the Utah Hockey Club <\/a>on November 18th. The Washington Capitals<\/a> announced on November 21 that Ovechkin would miss 4-6 weeks after his leg collided with Utah forward Jack McBain.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, he skated before practice on Monday while Capitals athletic trainer Jason Serbus observed from the bench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was nice to see,\u201d coach Spencer Carbery said. \u201cJust the first step. No timeline updates or anything like that. This is just a step in the progression of him coming back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ovechkin will miss his seventh match in a row when Washington welcomes San Jose Sharks at Capital One Arena on Tuesday. This will make it his longest absence, passing the six straight he missed when he had an upper body injury from November 4-14, 2009. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The injury halted his race to beat Wayne Gretzky\u2019s <\/a>NHL record of 894 goals. He was leading the league with 15 goals in 18 matches this year. Before his injury, Ovechkin raised his 868 and closed within 27 goals of passing Gretzky.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington is 4-2-0 without Ovechkin, including victories in each of its past four matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI just don\u2019t think we rely on any one player,\u201d forward Lars Eller said. \u201cWe\u2019re a four-line team — four lines, three (defense) pairs, two goalies — like a really complete team in terms of getting contributions from everybody in different ways. That\u2019s our strength.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alex Ovechkin did some light skating on Monday for the first time since he fractured his left fibula in a match with the Utah Hockey Club on November 18th. The Washington Capitals announced on November 21 that Ovechkin would miss 4-6 weeks after his leg collided with Utah forward Jack McBain.\u00a0 But, he skated before practice on Monday while Capitals athletic trainer Jason Serbus observed from the bench. \u201cIt was nice to see,\u201d coach Spencer Carbery said. \u201cJust the first step. No timeline updates or anything like that. This is just a step in the progression of him coming back.\u201d Ovechkin will miss his seventh match in a row when Washington welcomes San Jose Sharks at Capital One Arena on Tuesday. This will make it his longest absence, passing the six straight he missed when he had an upper body injury from November 4-14, 2009.  The injury halted his race to beat Wayne Gretzky\u2019s NHL record of 894 goals. He was leading the league with 15 goals in 18 matches this year. Before his injury, Ovechkin raised his 868 and closed within 27 goals of passing Gretzky.\u00a0 Washington is 4-2-0 without Ovechkin, including victories in each of its past four matches. \u201cI just don\u2019t think we rely on any one player,\u201d forward Lars Eller said. \u201cWe\u2019re a four-line team — four lines, three (defense) pairs, two goalies — like a really complete team in terms of getting contributions from everybody in different ways. 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