One man’s misfortune is another man’s opportunity. Any NHL veteran knows that.
“It’s a game, you know it’s a passion obviously. I don’t think he [meant] to do that,” the Capitals captain said. “But sucks for him, good for us. He’s not playing tonight, we’ll take it.”
McDavid was handed a three-game suspension by the league for a cross-check to the head of Canucks forward Conor Garland and will miss the clash against the NHL-leading Capitals.
His Oilers teammates were none-too-pleased about the league’s decision to keep him out of the lineup until Jan. 27 against the Seattle Kraken, with defenceman Matthias Ekholm going so far as to call it “mind-blowing.”
That’s no skin off Ovechkin’s back, however, as the Capitals will…