Buffalo Sabres forward Beck Malenstyn suffered a skate cut to his hand during the second game of the second-round Stanley Cup series against the Montreal Canadiens (1-5, series tied 1-1).
Early in the second period, Sabres forward Jordan Greenway delivered a hard hit on Canadiens forward Ivan Demidov. As Demidov fell to the ice, he inadvertently caught Malenstyn’s hand with his skate blade.
Despite the injury, Malenstyn finished the shift while his team was shorthanded, before receiving medical attention due to significant bleeding. He returned to the ice only in the third period, logging three more shifts.
Demidov headed to the locker room before Malenstyn and returned to the game midway through the second period.
Demidov finished the second game against Buffalo with no points or shots on goal, recording one block, one hit, and a plus-1 rating in 13:18 of ice time. He has 0 goals and 2 assists in 9 playoff games this postseason.
Stanley Cup | Buffalo | Beck Malenstyn | Ivan Demidov | Montreal | NHL | Jordan Greenway
