Capitals defenseman Rasmus Sandin suffered a knee injury that is expected to require "quite a bit of rehab" this offseaosn.
ARLINGTON, V.A. - Rasmus Sandin walked out of the locker room Washington Capitals breakdown day in a brace, revealing a knee injury he suffered back on Saturday against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Sandin hurt his knee after a pick play from Justin Brazeau in the defensive zone. After the contact, Sandin's skate got stuck in the ice, and his leg buckled under him. He stayed down and was attended to by the athletic trainer before being helped off the ice and down the tunnel.
"It was just an unlucky play... I had pretty much all my weight on that leg," Sandin said. "If I could just shift a little bit of my weight to my other leg, I don't think anything maybe would've happened. I haven't really checked the play after, you're just kind of pissed it happened."
Sandin is now waiting on test results to determine the severity of the injury, though he imagines that it'll be "quite a bit of rehab" this summer. It's unclear at this time whether or not he'll require surgery.
"How bad and where we will go from here, hopefully I'll find out in the next hours," Sandin said.
The 26-year-old blueliner appeared in 73 games for Washington this season, picking up five goals and 24 assists for 29 points and a plus/minus rating of plus-4. He took on a bigger role following the John Carlson trade and arrival of Cole Hutson, moving to the right side to play on the top pairing with Martin Fehervary.
Sandin was listed as a game-time decision for the final two games of the year, but did not play.