Johnny Boychuk Cleared to Fly Back with Team

MONTREAL, QC - For the fourth time this season, the Bruins had to play with a defenseman down.

Johnny Boychuk left the game 4:28 into the first period on Thursday night at the Bell Centre, with the Bruins taking on the Canadiens.

After a collision into the boards behind the Montreal goal following a hit by Max Pacioretty, Boychuk was slow to get his bearings.

It wasn’t so much the hit, on which Pacioretty was assessed a minor penalty for boarding, as it was the way Boychuk went awkwardly into the boards.

“I don’t know exactly how much time and all that stuff but the good news is he’s coming back with us tonight and then he’ll be reassessed by our doctors back in Boston.”

- Claude Julien

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