Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin skated lightly by himself before the team's practice on Monday, two weeks after breaking his left leg.

Ovechkin wore a tracksuit and a helmet with stick in hand but no hockey gear during his light workout, which coach Spencer Carbery said he believed was the 39-year-old longtime captain’s first time back on the ice since the injury.

This is the first time Ovechkin has been seen on the ice since suffering a fractured left fibula. The Capitals expected Ovechkin to miss somewhere between four to six weeks with t