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Stanley Cup Playoffs 2020: Canadiens' Brendan Gallagher suffers broken jaw, Flyers' Matt Niskanen suspended – CBS Sports
As the Montreal Canadiens look to continue staving off elimination at the hands of the Philadelphia Flyers, they’ll have to do so without one of their most important players up front.
It was announced Thursday that Habs forward Brendan Gallagher suffered a broken jaw during Game 5 on Wednesday night and he will need to undergo surgery to repair the injury. That surgery will force Gallagher to leave the Toronto bubble and miss the remainder of the team’s opening round series against the Flyers.
Gallagher suffered the injury with about five minutes remaining in the third period of Game 5 when Flyers defenseman Matt Niskanen delivered a cross-check to Gallagher’s face.
Gallagher appeared to be stunned by the cross-check and remained seated on the ice for a moment. As he began bleeding from the mouth, he appealed to the referees for a penalty call but no call was made. As he headed to the bench for repairs, it became increasingly apparent that Niskanen’s check did some real damage to Gallagher’s mouth.
Gallagher remained in the game and played the rest of the third period. The Canadiens won the game 5-3 to avoid elimination and cut the series deficit to 3-2.
If the Canadiens survive and are able to advance to the second round, it’s possible Gallagher could return to the team. He would need to undergo a quarantine period upon re-entering the bubble.
While Niskanen’s cross-check wasn’t penalized on the ice, the NHL‘s Department of Player Safety announced Thursday that the veteran defenseman would be suspended for the incident and will miss Game 6
Gallagher’s absence could be significant loss for the Canadiens moving forward. He co-led the team in goals (22) this season despite only playing in 59 games. In Montreal’s three losses to Philadelphia in the series, the Canadiens have scored a combined total of one goal.
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The sale of the Arizona Coyotes to Utah has been formally approved by the NHL’s Board of Governors, per Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli (Twitter link). The vote received unanimous support from the board, shares The Athletic’s Chris Johnston (Twitter link). The NHL has promptly released their first statement on this transition (Web link).
This news brings a quiet end to the long-running saga surrounding the Coyotes search for a home in Arizona. The team has been pushing to build a new arena since their lease ended at Gila River Arena at the end of the 2021-22 season. They searched through many options, ultimately settling on building and sharing a small, 5,000-seat arena with Arizona State University’s hockey teams. The Coyotes played their first game at Mullett Arena in front of a sold-out crowd on October 28, 2022. They’ve since maxed out their attendance in nearly every game since, though the devotion from the fans wasn’t enough to will the team to a new rink. The ownership group, led by Alex Meruelo, ultimately couldn’t find a new parcel of land to build a full-size rink before their timer ran out. After a lot of back-and-forth between the Coyotes ownership and the NHL, it was ultimately decided that the Coyotes will relocate to Salt Lake City for the 2024-25 season.
The decision to relocate has come with a lot of contingencies for Meruelo and the Coyotes brand. Most notably, ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski shares that a return to Arizona wouldn’t require approval from the Board of Governors (Twitter link). Meruelo could instead get his team back quickly by building a full-size arena, with NHL Deputy Commissioner telling Wyshynski, “[Meruelo] has already been approved as an NHL owner.” The Coyotes will continue forward as an “inactive” franchise while Meruelo continues searching for a new home.
The disbandment of the Coyotes has been devastating to fans that have supported the impossible – hockey in the desert – for the past 28 years. Arizona only once averaged below 12,000 attendees prior to their move to Mullett – and it wasn’t by much, averaging 11,989 attendees in the 2009-10 season. But they rebounded well, even averaging 14,606 fans throughout the 2019-20 season. The devotion of Coyotes fans was never once in doubt – a passion made clear by the community’s rallying to support the Coyotes’ last home game on Wednesday, April 17th. Watch parties across Arizona came together to witness one more Coyotes win – a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers, the same score as their first game as a franchise. The emotions of the evening were captured beautifully by a five-minute sign-off from broadcaster Todd Walsh, who’s covered the team since their 1996 move (Twitter link).
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