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NHL Senators lose Swedish captain to knee surgery

The Swedish hockey veteran and Ottowa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson, will be out for at least two weeks following Friday's surgery upon his right knee, the National Hockey League club has announced.

Published: 11 October 2008 12:20 CEST

The operation will remove a bone chip that was dislodged on Sunday during a 3-1 victory over Pittsburgh in the Globen arena in Stockholm, Sweden.

“It’s not a long-term thing,” Senators general manager Bryan Murray said.

“We’re assured it’s not more than a couple of weeks type of thing.”

Alfredsson, a 13-year veteran from Sweden, missed 12 games last season with knee, groin and hip injuries but the 35-year-old right wing contributed 40 goals and 49 assists.

“He tried this week to skate and it felt all right, but he still felt it,”

Ottawa coach Craig Hartsburg said. “Between the doctor and himself and us, we decided this was the best time to get it over with.”

Dany Heatley will take over captain’s duties for the Senators.

The Ottowa Senators opened the 2008/2009 NHL season with a 3-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Swedish capital last weekend.

NHL

It’s official: Sweden’s Lundqvist is the NHL’s best goalie

Sweden's Henrik Lundqvist made 12 straight saves to win the goaltender competition at the NHL all-star game's skill night.

Published: 26 January 2019 10:02 CET
It's official: Sweden's Lundqvist is the NHL's best goalie
Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers celebrates winning the Ticketmaster NHL Save Streak during the 2019 SAP NHL All-Star Skills contest on Friday in San Jose, California. Photo: Thearon W. Hender
The New York Rangers goalie knocked off Russian Olympian Andrei Vasilevskiy of the Tampa Bay Lightning, who held the lead through several rounds after stopping the first eight shots he faced. 
 
The skill contests held on Friday night in San Jose, California also saw Edmonton Oilers speedster Connor McDavid win his third straight fastest skater title in a competition that included a female participant for the first time.
 
Canada's McDavid charged around the rink in just 13.37 seconds to eclipse Buffalo Sabres forward Jack Eichel, who finished in 13.58 seconds at the SAP Center arena.
 
Kendall Coyne, who plays on the American women's national team, was invited to take part and finished seventh out of eight skaters, beating out Arizona Coyotes forward Clayton Keller. Coyne cruised to a time of 14.34 seconds while Keller, who has 11 goals and 35 points with the Coyotes this season, finished in 14.52. 
 
“I thought she was unbelievable,” McDavid said. “She was absolutely flying out there.” 
 
Last year, Coyne's teammate Hilary Knight did the accuracy shooting drill, but her impressive time wasn't included in the official results.
 
Johnny Gaudreau defended his title in the puck control contest with a time of 27.045, and John Carlson, who captured a Stanley Cup with the Washington Capitals last season, won the hardest shot contest with a blast of 102.8 mph.
 
The NHL all-star game will take place on Sunday.