Washington Capitals provide major injury update on Nick Jensen

The Washington Capitals provided an injury update on defenseman Nick Jensen after he was taken off the ice on a stretcher during the first period of the Capitals 4-2 victory over the Lightning at Capital One Arena last Saturday.

Jensen got hit hard into the boards at center ice by Lightning forward Michael Eyssimont while trying to dump the puck in the offensive zone.







Capitals coach Spencer Carbery commented after the game, saying, "Scary situation. He's doing better, though, than -- initially when you see something like that, someone stretchered off, you're thinking the worst-case scenarios. He's doing better. He walked out of the building with his family tonight. Didn't go to the hospital. That was very, very positive, thinking that other situations [could've happened]. That's good. Obviously, he's going to be out, but good that he was able to walk out of the building with his family. That was good.



Jensen received treatment on the ice for about five minutes before being taken off on a stretcher. The teams were then sent to the locker rooms, with the remaining 1:31 of the first period to be played after the intermission.

Carbery stated on Sunday that Jensen will not play in the team's final two regular-season games. Defenseman Dylan McIlrath has been called up from Hershey of the American Hockey League.


Jensen has 14 points (one goal, 13 assists) in 77 games this season for Washington (38-31-11), which currently holds the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference.

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Jensen taken from ice on stretcher during Capitals game