US EditionCapitals, Team Canada forward Tom Wilson leaves game with an apparent leg injury
Tom Wilson, leading scorer with 22 goals, left the game after a collision causing a leg injury; he did not return for the second period, officials said.
- On Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson left the game in Washington with an apparent leg injury and did not return at the start of the second period.
- After colliding behind the net with Connor Murphy, Chicago Blackhawks defenseman, Tom Wilson grabbed his right shin while a photo showed Louis Crevier's stick between Wilson's legs.
- Wilson leads Washington this season, and the Capitals were without forward Aliaksei Protas, who had 16 goals entering the game due to a lower-body injury.
- Needing help, Wilson was assisted to the dressing room, and the Capitals listed him questionable to return due to a lower-body injury.
- He was just named to Canada's Olympic men's hockey team, and the Capitals remain short-handed as forward Pierre-Luc Dubois hasn't played since Oct. 31.
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Capitals, Team Canada forward Tom Wilson leaves game with an apparent leg injury
Capitals forward Tom Wilson has left Washington's game against Chicago with an apparent leg injury. Wilson was selected earlier in the week for Canada’s Olympic roster.
Spencer Carbery doesn’t believe Tom Wilson’s lower-body injury is ‘too bad,’ but Capitals will ‘know more tomorrow’
Tom Wilson left Saturday night’s game between the Washington Capitals and Chicago Blackhawks with a lower-body injury caused by a Connor Murphy hit. The counter hit caught Wilson by surprise, sending him falling to the ice, where his right leg got caught underneath him along the boards. The 31-year-old winger did not play for the rest of the game after being listed as questionable to return by the Capitals. Head coach Spencer Carbery shared brie…
Capitals’ Tom Wilson leaves game vs. Blackhawks with lower-body injury - Daily Faceoff
The Washington Capitals announced on social media that forward Tom Wilson left Saturday’s game against the Chicago Blackhawks with a lower-body injury and was listed as being “questionable” to return. INJURY UPDATE:#Caps Tom Wilson (lower body) questionable to return to tonight’s game. — Capitals PR (@CapitalsPR) January 4, 2026 He suffered suffered the injury in the first period after Blackhawks’ defender Connor Murphy delivered a reverse hit …
Tom Wilson injured on Saturday night.
A big cause for concern for both the Washington Capitals as well as Canada's Olympic roster on Saturday night after Capitals enforcer Tom Wilson appears to have suffered an injury.Wilson was injured during the first period of a clash between his Capitals and the Chicago Blackhawks when he was on the receiving end of a big hit from Blackhawks defenseman Connor Murphy. The hit itself was a solid body check from Murphy and I suspect that Wilson wou…
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