Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson left during the third period of Friday’s home opener against the Buffalo Sabres with an apparent lower-body injury. According to the team, he will not return for the remainder of the game and will be re-evaluated on Saturday.
#Caps forward Tom Wilson (lower body) will not return and will be re-evaluated tomorrow #CapsSabres
— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) January 23, 2021
NHL.com’s Tom Gulitti said Wilson talked with trainer Jason Serbus after a shift. He went to the locker room afterward.
Watching Wilson’s penultimate shift of the 2nd period, he fell kind of awkwardly at one point, but got up immediately and finished shift.
His next shift was only 14 seconds and then went to locker room.
Returned to play one shift in third and left again.
— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) January 23, 2021
Capitals bench boss Peter Laviolette was asked about the status of Wilson after the game.
Laviolette on Tom Wilson’s injury:
“We are looking at it right now. He is day to day with a lower body. We will figure it out tomorrow and might know more. Hopefully it is not too bad.”
— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) January 23, 2021
More to come.
By Della Young
