Johnny Boychuk of the Islanders (55) skates off the ice in the third period after an injury against the Montreal Canadiens at Barclays Center on Tuesday. Credit: Jim McIsaac
Islanders president and general manager Lou Lamoriello said Wednesday that defenseman Johnny Boychuk needed 90 stitches to close a gash on his eyelid after taking a skate blade to his face.
Boychuk was trying to move the Canadiens’ Artturi Lehkonen away from the Islanders’ crease when took Lehkonen’s skate blad to his face at 8:42 of the third period in Tuesday night’s game.
Lamoriello said there’s no damage to Boychuk’s eye and that the eye is closed after a plastic surgeon put the stitches in.