Though they came away with the win, the Boston Bruins very much could’ve done with the stabilising presence of Zdeno Chara on their back-line.
His injury, whilst related to the injury to his jaw sustained during last season’s run to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final, should see him back in action very soon.
Contrary to some of the suggestions, his fight with the Nashville Predators’ Vakov Trenin was not the cause of his late scratching ahead of the Winnipeg game. While a solid punch to a surgically-repaired jaw probably didn’t tickle, it wasn’t reason enough to miss the game.