The term for the suspension of Ovechkin and other Russians from the matches for the gatherings at the hotel

Alexander Ovechkin

Russian Washington Capitals players have been suspended for four matches of the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season for violating coronavirus medical protocols. The journalist Samantha Pell wrote about this on Twitter with reference to the head coach of the team, Peter Lavioletta.

According to the source, striker Alexander Ovechkin, as well as forward Yevgeny Kuznetsov, defender Dmitry Orlov and goalkeeper Ilya Samsonov are in quarantine, so they will not take part in the next meetings.