David Backes left the ice on Saturday night after an impact with Ottawa Senators winger, Scott Sabourin that saw the Sens player leave on a stretcher. The Boston Bruins winger hadn’t intentionally caused the impact that knocked-out the opposition player and left him with a fractured nose.
In fact, you could see the Boston Bruins forward was clearly shaken up by it all, visibly upset on the ice and seen tearful on the bench afterwards. When David Backes initially left the bench, heading to the locker room, the assumption was it that he was headed off to compose himself emotionally.