Brett Howden was not seriously injured but is out indefinitely for the Vegas Golden Knights after being removed from the ice on a stretcher Thursday.
The forward hit the boards headfirst after a collision with Nashville Predators forward Filip Forsberg in the first period of a 6-1 win at T-Mobile Arena. The game was delayed nine minutes while Howden was taken from the ice.
“Sore, nothing broken but probably out for a little while,” Vegas coach Peter DeBoer said Friday. “Scary situation and thankfully about as good a result as you can ask for out of something like that. He’s pretty banged up today.”
The play occurred with about 3:30 left in the first period. Howden appeared to be falling before he was hit. Forsberg was not penalized for the play.
The 23-year-old was taken to the hospital after the game but was at the Golden Knights practice facility Friday.
“He was in a vulnerable position and I thought he got driven into the boards from behind in a dangerous spot,” DeBoer said after the…
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