The Vancouver Canucks may have fallen 2-0 to the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday, but the big story was the injury to Elias Pettersson, when Habs’ rookie Jesperi Kotkaniemi tied up the Calder Trophy favourite and took him down to the ice.
Pettersson had to leave the game and did not return. The Canucks couldn’t solve the brick wall that is Carey Price, losing 2-0 in what was simply one extremely frustrating contest. Kotkaniemi wasn’t even penalized for the dirty play on Pettersson, and Vancouver’s enforcers didn’t bother to stick up for their star rookie.