The Montreal Canadiens have already been without Jonathan Drouin and Paul Byron dating back to November. They also had some man-games lost from Joel Armia and Victor Mete, but both are thankfully back in the lineup. However, the Brendan Gallagher injury adds on to a frustrating list the Habs are hoping doesn’t continue to grow.
It was a set of unlucky events happening in succession starting with a hit from Jordan Staal by the Hurricanes bench at the blueline. The hit sent Gallagher backwards off his skates into the path of Ben Chiarot.