Colorado Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon left the game early in the first period after a big hit from Boston Bruins’ Taylor Hall.
He did not return. The Avs announced before the start of the second period that their All-Star forward was dealing with an “upper body injury.”
Nathan MacKinnon left the ice after a big hit from Taylor Hall.
In the end, Hall received a two-minute penalty for interference. pic.twitter.com/dVIn1etL8W
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) January 27, 2022
MacKinnon took the hit going over the middle, as his stick appeared to come up and hit him in the face during Hall’s shoulder-barge, causing blood to spew onto the ice.
Hall ended up receiving a two minute penalty for interference on the play.
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