Forward left loss to Penguins on Saturday in 1st period
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Brad Marchand will not play for the Boston Bruins against the Minnesota Wild on Sunday (3:30 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, NESN, SN360, TVAS) because of an upper-body injury.
The Bruins forward and captain was helped off the ice early in the first period of a 3-2 win at the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday following a hit by Penguins defenseman P.O Joseph on a power play at 5:52, falling face-first into the boards. Marchand remained down for several minutes before being partially carried to the locker room by teammate David Pastrnak and a trainer.
The Bruins announced in the upper-body injury in the second period and that he was unlikely to return.
“Same as yesterday,” coach Joe Sacco said Sunday. “There’s really nothing new to report yet. He’s out today. We’ll know more, he’ll get evaluated when we get back to Boston. Still, it’s an upper-body injury right now.”
Marchand has 47 points (21 goals, 26 assists) in 61 games this season, his 16th in the NHL. A four-time All-Star, he was selected by Boston in the third round (No. 71) of the 2006 NHL Draft and helped it win the Stanley Cup in 2011.
He is fifth in team history with 976 points (422 goals, 554 assists), behind Ray Bourque (1,506 points), Johnny Bucyk (1,339), Patrice Bergeron (1,040) and Phil Esposito (1,012).
“I didn’t see the play until the replay, so obviously, it’s never good to lose your captain and especially a player like ‘Marchy,’ who never lays on the ice,” Pastrnak said. “… Hopefully he’s going to be all right and he’ll be back soon enough, because he’s always a big part of our group.”
NHL.com independent correspondents Wes Crosby and Jessi Pierce contributed to this report
