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MOSCOW, Apr 28 National Hockey League (NHL) Club Head Coach » Washington» Peter Laviolette said he hoped for the return of team captain Alexander Ovechkin to the start of the playoffs, but could not say for sure whether the Russian would have time to recover. Ovechkin suffered an upper body injury on April 24 in a match against Toronto and missed the game regular season against the New York Islanders. He is listed as injured as returning to the squad any day now. In his 17-year NHL career, the 36-year-old Russian has missed 25 regular season games due to injury and has never missed a playoff game. «I hope so, but I don't know. It depends on how He'll be fine (with the recovery process),» said Laviolette, quoted by nbcsports.com. «Sometimes it takes a bit of luck, but he's a really strong guy. He hates missing games. He hates being away, so he'll want to be back as soon as possible.» Washington has two games left in the regular season. Ovechkin has played 77 games this season in the NHL, scoring 90 points (50 goals and 40 assists).