Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour does not expect rookie forward Andrei Svechnikov to play in Game 4 Thursday against the Washington Capitals.
Ovechkin knocked Svechnikov to the ice in a fight in the first period of Monday’s Game 3, and Svechnikov had to be helped to the locker room and missed the rest of the game.
Brind’Amour said Svechnikov was checked out at a local hospital Monday night and remained in the NHL concussion protocol Tuesday. He implied Svechnikov’s fall Monday looked worse than it turned out to be and the 19-year-old told him he feels “great.