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Leafs captain John Tavares stretchered off after brutal collision with Corey Perry

Toronto and Montreal are facing each other in the postseason for the first time in 42 years and, not even one period in, there’s already been a potential series-changing event. Leafs captain John Tavares was stretchered off the ice after being knocked out cold during a collision with Canadiens forward Corey Perry in Game1.

After receiving a pass and getting dropped to the ice awkwardly in a collision around his own blue line, Tavares took a (likely accidental) knee to the head as Perry was flying by.

Perry clips Tavares in the head

Scary.