http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090128/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_capitals_ovechkin]Ovechkin is 'fine' but gets day off after big hit (AP)[/URL]



AP - Alex Ovechkin was given Wednesday off, an excused absence from practice that Washington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau said had nothing to do with the "stinger" the league's reigning MVP got from a shoulder-first crash into the boards.