Jack Studley just reported that Chris Kreider went to the Canadiens dressing room after a collision with Bruins forward Michael Eyssimont.
It happened in the third period at TD Garden, with the game still being played. The Canadiens haven't given an update on Kreider, and no discipline has been announced.
A Canadiens fan account described it as Kreider getting hit awkwardly by Eyssimont.
Eyssimont was in the lineup tonight after Marco Sturm kept him in place at morning skate, as we noted in our look at the Bruins morning skate lines with Eyssimont. He has a game-winning goal this season, so he isn't a bystander in this one.
Studley posted that Kreider was heading to the dressing room after the play.
Montreal can't afford to lose him for long. Kreider is 35, and he has 9 points in 18 games this season, with the Canadiens due in Colorado on Saturday.
Another Canadiens fan account put it plainly, calling it a knee-on-knee collision with a Boston player.
Awkward is the word the posts use, and until there is video from the league or a word from the Canadiens, that is as far as anyone can go on the play itself.
Will the league look at the Eyssimont play?
Nobody has said so yet. Whether a penalty was called, how the league sees it and how serious Kreider's injury is all remain unannounced.
A knee-on-knee hit that takes a veteran off the ice in the third period of a rivalry game deserves a review from the league, even if the answer ends up being that nothing was there.
For the Bruins, the timing is awkward. They came in at 13-4-1 and had won 4 straight, and they host Minnesota on Saturday. A suspension talk would hang over a team that has been rolling.
We covered the goalie drama earlier tonight, when Jeremy Swayman glared at Sturm as he was pulled. The Bruins now have two stories to answer for after the final horn.
More to come.
This article was written with the help of artificial intelligence, based on public reports and official sources.
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