Capitals defenseman Mike Green will miss 4-to-6 weeks after a scheduled abdominal surgery, the team announced on Monday. Green re-injured his right groin in a 5-2 loss at San Jose on Jan. 7. He has missed 33 of the team’s last 36 games, six of those with an ankle injury and 27 thanks to the groin issue. Green returned to play in a full game against Calgary on Jan. 3, but made it only into the second period of the next game at San Jose. He is already on long-term injured reserve as of Jan. 12. The Caps’ timeline would indicate a return in the last week of February or the first week of March. Green has now played in just 20 of Washington’s 80 games since Feb. 8, 2011. That total also includes last year’s nine postseason contests. During that stretch, Green has left five different games early with an injury of some sort. In two others he was hurt, finished the game, but was too injured to play in Washington’s next game.
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