Hab suffers scary head injury in win
Brad Marchand scored in the fourth round of a shootout and the visiting Boston Bruins beat Montreal 4-3 Saturday night after the Canadiens lost Phillip Danault to a head injury on a frightening play in the second period.
Danault was taken off the ice on a stretcher after he was hit in the head by a slap shot from Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara.
The 24-year-old center was moving and speaking to medical staff before he departed to an ovation from the Bell Centre crowd.
Danault was taken to a hospital for further exams. Canadiens coach Claude Julien said after the game that Danault would remain in the hospital overnight and be re-evaluated Sunday.
Chara and other players from both teams gathered around Danault while he was down. As Danault was leaving the ice, Chara went over and said something to him.
“I wanted to make sure he was OK,” Chara said. “He was talking to me and responding, so that made me feel better that he’s OK and he’s not in a condition where he’s not responding. So I was glad that he was doing OK.”
Officials opted to play the final 1:37 of the second after intermission.
Marchand also scored in regulation, helping the Bruins improve to 9-0-3 in their last 12 games.
Jake DeBrusk and David Krejci had the other goals for Boston, and Tuukka Rask made 27 saves.
Alex Galchenyuk, Max Pacioretty and Nicolas Deslauriers scored for Montreal, and Carey Price had 29 stops. It was Galchenyuk’s 100th career goal.
Julien coached against Boston for the first time since he was fired by the Bruins last February and hired by the Canadiens a week later.
AVALANCHE 4, STARS 1 >> Alexander Kerfoot scored in the first period and assisted on Nathan MacKinnon’s winner as visiting Colorado won its sixth straight.
Both teams were playing for the first time in a week.
MacKinnon made it 2-1 with 13:27 to play on a snap shot from the inside edge of the left faceoff circle. The puck went off goalie Ben Bishop and into the net.
Blake Comeau scored with 1:40 left, and Mark Barberio added an emptynet, short-handed goal.
Colorado’s Jonathan Bernier made 27 saves. OILERS 3, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 2 >> Darnell Nurse scored 55 seconds into overtime to lift
Edmonton.
The Oilers’ Connor McDavid recorded his 200th career point, in just the 173rd game of his NHL career. He is the fourth-quickest active player and third youngest active player to reach 200 points.
DUCKS 4, KINGS 2 >> Ondrej Kase had two goals and an assist, John Gibson made 23 saves and Anaheim held off L.A. for its irst victory of the season in the Freeway Faceoff rivalry.
Nick Shore and captain Anze Kopitar scored in the third period for Los Angeles, but the Ducks hung on to win after losing both of their first two matchups with the Kings this season in extra time.
Kase had an outstanding return from a three-game absence before the bye due to the flu. The Czech forward scored in the first and third periods of the first three-point game of his NHL career.
Jonathan Quick stopped 18 shots for the Kings, who have lost three straight. Second-place Los Angeles also missed the chance to gain ground on the Pacific Division-leading Vegas Golden Knights, who lost to Edmonton in overtime.
WILD 4, JETS 1 >> In St. Paul, Matt Dumba scored two goals in the third period and Minnesota got its first win against Winnipeg in four tries this season. PENGUINS 4, RED WINGS 1
>> Evgeni Malkin had two goals and two assists as host Pittsburgh won its third straight.
Phil Kessel added a goal and two assists for Pittsburgh, which had dropped its last three games against Detroit. Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist, and rookie Tristan Jarry stopped 29 shots in his third straight start while Matt Murray is home in Canada tending to a family matter.
The Penguins have won four of five after dropping seven of their previous 10.
FLYERS 5, DEVILS 3 >> Sean Couturier had two goals and an assist to help visiting Philadelphia to its fourth straight win.
Wayne Simmonds, Travis Konecny and Michael Raffl also scored for the Flyers, who have won five of six overall. Brian Elliott made 26 saves as Philadelphia won in New Jersey for the first time since Feb. 16. 2016. ISLANDERS 7, RANGERS 2 >> Mathew Barzal had two goals and three assists, Anthony Beauvillier added two goals and an assist, and the Islanders beat the Rangers at Madison Square Garden for their ninth win in the last 10 meetings of the crosstown rivals.