Senators’ Nick Cousins Out At Least One Week

Ottawa Senators forward Nick Cousins will miss between seven and 10 days of action with an undisclosed injury sustained on a crushing hit from Washington Capitals defenseman Jakob Chychrun, per Bruce Garrioch of Ottawa Citizen. Chychrun delivered the high-speed hit with three minutes left in Tuesday’s matchup, sending Cousins airborne and briefly knocking him unconscious, head coach Travis Green told Garrioch. That detail could point towards a concussion being the resulting injury, though the team did not specify.

Cousins played in 12 minutes of Tuesday’s overtime loss before he was knocked out. He recorded two penalty minutes, two hits, and a minus-one. He has continued to bring a bruising…