The division-leading Montreal Canadiens shall be with out key gamers Alex Newhook and Kaiden Guhle for the following few months.
Newhook, a ahead, is out 4 months after fracturing his ankle in a loss to the Dallas Stars on Thursday night time. Newhook battled with Dallas defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin whereas on the forecheck earlier than falling to the ice. His proper leg slammed exhausting towards the top boards. Newhook left the sport with the help of two teammates. Lyubushkin was given a minor penalty for hooking.
Newhook, 24, is the Canadiens’ fifth-leading scorer with six objectives and 6 assists for 12 factors in 17 video games. He had been excelling on a line with two of Montreal’s high younger gamers in Ivan Demidov (13 factors) and Oliver Kapanen (10 factors).
Coach Martin St. Louis will possible scramble his traces after the lack of Newhook. “It’s an ongoing course of, I really feel, with the volatility of the league. You lose some guys typically. That makes you make selections, and that’s what we’re going to do,” he stated Friday.
The Canadiens additionally introduced that Guhle, a defenseman, will miss eight to 10 weeks after present process surgical procedure to restore {a partially} torn adductor muscle. Guhle has been out of the lineup since Oct. 16 with what the staff known as a lower-body damage. Primarily based on his rehab progress, it was determined he would have surgical procedure as a substitute.
Guhle, 23, had a purpose and an help in 5 video games this season. Final season, he had 18 factors in 55 video games, taking part in 21:11 on common for Montreal.
The Canadiens have misplaced two video games in a row, together with a 7-0 drubbing by the Stars, however stay atop the Atlantic Division with a .647 factors proportion. The staff is attempting to construct on its shocking return to the Stanley Cup playoffs final season, the place they misplaced within the first spherical to the Washington Capitals.
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