MONTREAL, QC - JANUARY 30: Jesperi Kotkaniemi Montreal Canadiens (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)
Montreal Canadiens centre Jesperi Kotkaniemi is off to a great start to this third pro season. He started the season playing on the Habs third line with Tyler Toffoli and Joel Armia.
That line had to be reconfigured when Armia was injured with a concussion in a game against the Vancouver Canucks. Tyler Myers came across the ice and hit Armia in the head with his shoulder, forcing the Canadiens winger out of the lineup with a concussion.
The same thing very nearly happened to Kotkaniemi last night.