Haydn Fleury was taken from the ice on a stretcher in the first period for the Winnipeg Jets in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights at Canada Life Centre on Tuesday.
The defenseman slid hard into the end boards after being hit by Golden Knights forward Keegan Kolesar while attempting to clear the puck out of his defensive zone at 13:16. Fleury’s head and upper body made principal contact with the boards on the collision.
No penalty was assessed to Kolesar on the play.
“It’s unfortunate,” Winnipeg coach Scott Arniel said. “I think it was far enough away, but just the way Fleury was crossing over, obviously he totally lost his balance and then went in hard. … You hate to see that stuff. Scary situation.”
Arniel added that Fleury would be staying overnight in the hospital.
“Obviously, he’s got a lot of tests to go through,” Arniel said. “He does have a broken nose. There’s a few different things that happened off it. A little bit of everything. He obviously slammed his back, his neck, hit his head, and then obviously his nose.”
Fleury doesn’t have a point in 17 games this season for Winnipeg (15-21-5).