Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin left Thursday's opening practice of training camp to be evaluated for a lower-body injury, NHL.com's Tom Gulitti reported. Martin Fehervary and Justin Sourdif were meanwhile wearing no-contact jerseys during Thursday's practice, Adler reported. The Capitals star broke Wayne Gretzky's record of 894 regular-season goals last season despite the longest injury absence of his career. After suffering a fractured left fibula in a game of Nov. 18 of last year, Ovechkin missed 16 straight games before returning on Dec. 28. Before that stretch, Ovechkin had only missed 35 total games in 20 NHL seasons due to injury, per Gulitti.