The Capitals were the first NHL team to be fined $100,000 for "player violations."
Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov and Ilya Samsonov were placed on the NHL's COVID-19 protocol-related absence list on Wednesday.
Alex Ovechkins wife Nastya took to Instagram to voice her frustration with an NHL rule that landed her husband on the COVID-19 absences list.