Sports injury expert speculates “highly unlikely but possible” ACL injury for Alex Ovechkin

Sports injury expert speculates "highly unlikely but possible" ACL injury for Alex Ovechkin (Image Credit: Imagn)

Alex Ovechkin went down after knocking knees with Utah’s Jack McBain on Monday, falling to the ice in considerable pain. He was eventually helped off the ice, had to go to the dressing room and did not return to the contest. Ovechkin is currently looking to set the all-time goals record this season, but this injury might derail that.

Whenever there's a clear leg injury, a torn ACL is a possible diagnosis. If it's that, he would be out for the rest of the season and some of next season possibly. At his age, there's no telling how Ovechkin would come back from that.