New York Islanders defenseman Johnny Boychuk required 90 stitches to repair a cut around his eyelid after being hit in the face by the skate of the Montreal Canadiens' Artturi Lehkonen on Tuesday night, team president/general manager Lou Lamoriello told reporters Wednesday.
Lamoriello said Boychuk suffered no damage to his eye.
"He had quite a night. First of all, you don't know what happened. He felt the skate blade hit his eye, but fortuanately it just got the eyelid and they took 90 stitches to fix. He'll be fine.