Latest updates on Bruins captain Brad Marchand’s upper-body injury originally appeared in NBC Sports Boston
BOSTON — The Bruins played without their captain Brad Marchand for the final 20 minutes of Friday night’s Game 3 against the Florida Panthers.
Boston announced early in the third quarter that Marchand would not return due to an upper-body injury.
It’s not known exactly when the injury occurred, but Marchand took a hard hit from Panthers center Sam Bennett during the first period. As a result, Marchand hit the boards and looked a little shaken. He didn’t go to the locker room and played until the end of the second period.
The Bruins have announced that Brad Marchand is unlikely to return to the game with an upper-body injury.
Marchand played the rest of the first and second after taking the hit from Bennett pic.twitter.com/kwx3LfOGP8
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The Bruins were down 3-0 when Marchand was ruled out.
Losing the veteran left wing for any length of time is obviously a difficult setback for the Bruins.
He is one of the best all-around players and also a key contributor on the power play and penalty kill. Marchand entered Game 3 as the Bruins’ leading scorer in the playoffs with 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in the first nine games — four points more than any of his teammates.
Game 4 of the series is Sunday night at TD Garden.
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