ST. LOUIS -- Zdeno Chara didn't say much to the media Saturday, but that he said anything at all was a good sign.
Five days after blood profusely gushed onto the ice after a puck deflected into his face -- and two days after remarkably suiting up for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final -- the Boston Bruins' captain was able to speak coherently in complete sentences, but it appeared he could not open his mouth fully.
Chara, meeting with reporters at a podium setting alongside teammate Tuukka Rask, had a noticeable scab under the right corner of his mouth.