That certainly wasn’t what you’d expect to open the new season. Ben Bishop gives up two goals on the season’s first two shots — one of them by Brett Ritchie. How do you say? Not ideal.
Then there were the injuries.
The Roman Polak battle with the boards has been well-documented. Fortunately, the damage to Polak is limited to a minor sternum fracture, but this will keep him out for at least a week.
The serious part of Blake Comeau’s injury turns out to not be the puck to the jaw. In going down to the ice after taking the deflected pass to the chin, Comeau’s right leg went out awkwardly, likely putting some unnatural strain on his knee.