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Washington Capitals provide major injury update on Nick Jensen

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Samer Dagher
April 14, 2024 (2:55 PM)

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Washington Capitals defenseman Nick Jensen stretchered off the ice following a hit from Tampa Bay Lightning forward Mikey Eyssimont

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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.

Washington's Nick Jensen had to leave the game on a stretcher after receiving a hit from Tampa Bay's Michael Eyssimont.

There was no penalty on the play.

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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.

«Scary situation. He's doing better, though, than -- initially when you see something like that, someone stretchered off, you're thinking the worst-case situations," Capitals coach Spencer Carbery said after the game. "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.

"And also, too, I want to just quickly say from a medical staff standpoint, not only from 'Serbs' (head athletic trainer Jason Serbus) and the on-ice, but the off-ice, how quickly that happened and they were able to get out there, Dr. Liz (Elizabeth Delasobera). They were just so, it looked like, dialed in with everything that was going on. It was really impressive to see that and for help to be there so quickly for 'Jens' in that situation.»

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.

«He was in the facility today, so that was positive,» Carbery said. «Really good to see him able to leave and not have to go to the hospital and was able to go home and stay at his house last night. Everything was good from that standpoint.»

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.

As seen on NHL.comJensen taken from ice on stretcher during Capitals game

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