Brad Marchand did not play the final 11 minutes for the Boston Bruins in a 4-1 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets in an exhibition game at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on Thursday.
The forward appeared to grimace in discomfort killing a penalty with 11:54 remaining in the third period and ended his final shift 14 seconds later.
"He left," Boston coach Bruce Cassidy said. "Don't think it's anything serious, but we'll have a better idea obviously in the morning."
As part of the NHL Return to Play Plan, a team is not permitted to disclose player injury or illness information.
The Bruins next play an Eastern Conference round-robin game against the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday (3 p.m. ET; NBC, SN, TVAS). They also play the Tampa Bay Lightning (Aug. 5) and Washington Capitals (Aug. 9) to determine seeding for the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Marchand was second on the Bruins with 87 points (28 goals, 59 assists) this season. His linemate, leading scorer David Pastrnak, scored the Bruins' goal after missing all but one day of training camp and practicing for the first time with the full team Monday in Toronto, the Eastern hub city.
"Obviously I knew coming into the game I'm not going to feel great," Pastrnak said. "But at the end it wasn't that bad. … To be honest, I'd rather play and get the time, get the game mode, the earlier, the better. I'm really happy I played."
Pastrnak scored 48 goals this season to tie Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin for the NHL lead. He had to quarantine for 14 days, including the first two days of training camp, after returning from the Czech Republic, where he spent most of his time after the NHL season was paused March 12 due to concerns surrounding the coronavirus. After he skated at a rink in Boston, he completed a second 14-day quarantine, he said Tuesday.
"Good legs," Cassidy said. "Obviously scored a nice goal. Had a few looks. That whole line was out of sync a little bit. They didn't manage the puck like they typically do. Columbus did a good job against them. But I thought he played well for a guy that hadn't seen a lot of hockey. That bodes well for us."
Pastrnak scored at 12:16 of the second period, faking Blue Jackets goalie Elvis Merzlikins before slipping the puck through his legs.
"I was coming from line change," Pastrnak said. "I saw Sean [Kuraly] had a little bit of time and [Zdeno Chara] was kind of buzzing up the ice, so I kind of just let them go and then I turned towards the net and there was the puck. I was all alone there. So just a quick decision and it was nice to get on the board."
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