Playoff hockey is not for the faint of heart.
An already-physical sport reaches a new level in the postseason, and more and more players are left wounded and hampered the longer the playoffs go.
On Friday, two days after their season came to a screeching halt with a Game 7 loss to the St. Louis Blues, the Bruins gave some insight into just how banged up they were.
Never seen an NHL breakup day that wasn’t grisly. https://t.co/tgHoVWkqVP
— Matt Porter (@mattyports) June 15, 2019
Zdeno Chara confirmed that the Brayden Schenn shot that hit him in the jaw during Game 4 left multiple fractures, the Boston Globe’s Matt Porter wrote.