NHL hopeful Yevgeny Kuznetsov en route to recovery after injury scare

Traktor forward Yevgeny Kuznetsov, who may move to the Washington Capitals next summer, will be back to action soon as medical tests showed his knee injury is not serious.

The 19-year-old Russian star feared the worst after a painful fall near the end of Traktor’s KHL match against Spartak, but the MRI scan showed his knee ligaments were intact.

The scan showed only slight damage to the knee, so the player should be fit for his club’s first Gagarin Cup fixture, which will take place in Chelyabinsk on March 1.