The Capitals anxiously await word on Rasmus Sandin's status after a brutal knee-on-knee collision in Tuesday's IIHF Worlds game between Sweden and Team USA.
The Washington Capitals got somewhat good news on Wednesday as a new update indicates that Rasmus Sandin's severe-looking knee injury suffered Tuesday at the IIHF World Championship isn't too serious.
Team Sweden announced that Sandin is day-to-day with a lower-body injury after he left Tuesday's game against Team USA following a dangerous knee-to-knee collision.
In the first period, Sandin was in the defensive zone and clearing the puck when Mikey Eyssimont ran into him, sending him to the ice after a knee-on-knee hit. The Swede was in visible pain and required help from trainers to get off the ice and down the tunnel. He did not return, and Sweden fell to Team USA, 4-3.
"It's ugly. It's knee-to-knee and it hurts. What the intention is, I don't know" Sweden head coach Sam Hallam told hockeynews.se.
Sandin had 15 points in his final 19 games of the regular season and showed that he can be an x-factor offensively while starting to show improvement defensively and get more comfortable after a somewhat shaky start in his own end. He can also log heavy minutes and, before his injury on Tuesday, was leading the Swedes in ice time this tournament.
The Capitals brought in the 23-year-old ahead of the 2023 NHL Trade Deadline to bolster the blue line and become a leader on the blue line for years to come along with fellow youngsters Martin Fehervary and Alex Alexeyev.