Alex Ovechkin is going to have to sit one game as punishment for deciding to skip on this season's All-Star Game. And it seems that the team is deciding between Saturday against the New York Islanders at the Nassau Coliseum, or Monday, January 27 against the Montreal Canadiens.
There isn't much of an advantage in choosing either game. Both would give Ovechkin a ten-day break between games. Not so secretly, and for obvious reasons, I hope they pick the Islanders game to have him sit out.
Ovechkin has nearly a point per game in his career against the Islanders with 36 goals and 55 points in 56 games.