Montreal — boston guard Charlie McEvoy A slap shot in the mouth and the Bruins lost the game against him montreal canadiens Did not return to the game midway through the second period Saturday night.
Boston coach Marco Sturm said after this Bruins win 3-2 McAvoy was “doing fine” and undergoing testing.
“Try to get him home as quickly as possible, hopefully he’ll be with us tonight, but other than that, hopefully he’ll be OK,” Sturm said.
On the power play with the Canadiens, noah dobson‘s one-timer appeared to put Boston ahead Mark Kastelic Before killing McAvoy.
McAvoy immediately covered his face and fell to the ice, while a team doctor ran from the bench to help him.
The 27-year-old American immediately went to the dressing room after bleeding on the ice. TeamMite Nikita Zadorov Seen trying to get lost teeth back.
“Praying for him that everything will be OK,” Bruins added. david pasternak Said. “I haven’t heard anything yet. Hopefully, he’ll be OK. It’s a tough break, so a very tough moment.”
canadian forward cole caulfield He was standing next to McAvoy when he was killed.
“It’s horrible,” Coffield said. “It’s a very scary part of the game, and I really hope he’s OK. It was tough to watch, and I wish him the best.”
The Bruins won for the eighth time in nine games to improve to 12–8–0.
