Canadiens F Laine, D Reinbacher leave pre-season game with injuries
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Montreal Canadiens forward Patrik Laine left Saturday’s pre-season contest against the Toronto Maple Leafs with an apparent knee injury. Laine left the Bell Centre with crutches and a knee brace.
Laine, 26, attempted to break into the offensive zone before taking a knee-on-knee hit from Cedric Pare early in the first period. There was no penalty called on the play.
"For us we have to keep going & that's what we're going to do. We'll see is this short-term? Long-term? We don't know. He's going to be evaluated and we'll keep going," head coach Martin St. Louis said following the game. "Hopefully it's not too serious."
“I thought he (Paré) launched out pretty good, the refs seem to think it was just a collision," said Habs captain Nick Suzuki. "Honestly, I haven’t seen different angles, just one quickly.”
The Finnish winger looked to be in pain as he went down to the ice, and had to be helped down the tunnel back to the Canadiens’ locker room.
Laine is entering his first season with Montreal after the team acquired him via trade from the Columbus Blue Jackets this past off-season.
Defenceman David Reinbacher also left the game due to injury and was ruled out for the remainder of the contest. Like Laine, Reinbacher left the arena on crutches wearing a brace on his left knee.
Forward Juraj Slafkovsky briefly left the bench midway through the second period but quickly returned.