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Washington Capitals forward T.J. Oshie left Saturday night’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs in the second period with an injury. The 35-year old forward has already missed a chunk of the 2022-23 season due to medical ailments.
Oshie exited the game in the middle frame just before the halfway mark of the period. The play on which he seemed to suffer the injury was a non-contact play.
Non contact situation where Oshie was skating on backcheck and came up lame.
Seemed similar to last time he was hurt in Nashville. https://t.co/CIAJdEpOtH
— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) December 18, 2022
The soon-to-be 36-year old right wing has played 12 games (excluding the contest against Toronto) since returning from a previous injury, from which he missed nearly a month’s-worth of games. In those 12 games, Oshie has recorded six points (3G, 3A).
T.J. Oshie went to the locker room after this pic.twitter.com/RI3ioexpd7
— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) December 18, 2022
In 21 Games Played this season, Oshie has scored five goals and recorded 11 Points, averaging 17:06 of ice time a night. Prior to leaving the contest against Toronto, Oshie had skated 7:04.
The Capitals announced that Oshie will not return to the game and will be re-evaluated tomorrow:
INJURY UPDATE: #Caps TJ Oshie will not return to tonight’s game (upper body) and will be re-evaluated tomorrow.
— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) December 18, 2022
does not look good for him. Abdominal strain?
That’s what I was thinking too. Didn’t appear to be anything leg-related.
Or groin
I’m not sure where the NHL split is between upper and lower body. I consider anything below my stomach to be lower, but maybe abdominal/groin/hernia is upper in the NHL. Sure looked like in that area in the video.
Sure looked that way.
Same injury as last time, right?
Oct 31 injury was called lower body. But I think his summer surgery was in this area, right?
If someone farts on bench,doesn’t TJ end up on injury list!! Good lord it’s getting little repetitive now plays one handful of games than out two handfuls!!
Maybe him & Backstrom need to think career change.
The team plays so well when he is in the room and on the ice. They need him. Wrap him in bubble wrap and get him out there!
I agree with the bubble wrap, but this was non-contact!
https://novacapsfans.com/2022/09/22/t-j-oshie-had-procedure-done-during-off-season-but-is-ready-to-rock/
Inguinal or Embilical hernia’s can be described that way, and can look like what caused Oshie’s reaction in the game. A muscle strain that is a tear in the muscle and causes internal tissue to bulge through the tear. Inguinal would be on the upper right or left of your groin area, and embilical is right there at your belly button. It’s your ‘core’ and core muscles and would cause you to have to sit out months until healed from the surgery, and do physical therapy before getting back on the ice.
There’s always a danger of reoccurrence. To tear it open again, and that time would be a larger tear than the original would be. I guess it’s possible that instead of tearing it again, this time might be a strain of the muscle and a precautionary pull from the ice.
Thanks Jonathan. I don’t have any experience with hernia’s but the way he grabbed his lower stomach/groin area it just feels like that might be the case. Again, pure speculation.