Alex Ovechkin Is Ready To Play And Grow A Mustache

Ovechkin, who has an endorsement deal with Gillette, is growing a mustache, and it will be glorious. Some artist's renderings:





As for that shoulder, Ovechkin said it felt "pretty good," and that he'd play Tuesday night against the New York Islanders. His coach wasn't quite as certain.

“He feels obviously a lot better, he got through a full practice, and we just make sure tomorrow everything’s okay,” Adam Oates told reporters, according to the Washington Post.

“I wouldn’t play him if I thought it was something that could linger. He’ll be close to 100 percent,” Oates said. “It doesn’t make sense to play a guy right now with something that’s lingering, and I don’t think that’s the case.”

Washington has won both games without the defending Hart Trophy winner. More impressively, they escaped Philadelphia in one piece.