It’s been nearly two months since an errant skate blade nearly robbed Jakub Lauko of his NHL career — and most importantly, his left eye.
Avoiding disaster by mere inches, Lauko only missed seven games.
He returned to the ice on Nov. 11, suiting up with a cage due to fractures near his eye socket that still needed time to heal.
Since then, the 23-year-old winger has appeared in 14 games with Boston, tasked with injecting some straight-line speed and snarl into the Bruins’ checking unit.
But Tuesday’s home game against the Minnesota Wild marked a new milestone for Lauko.