The scary scene<\/a> unfolded early in the third period of Anaheim\u2019s comeback road win over the Penguins at PPG Paints Arena, when Vatrano went to block a Connor Clifton shot.<\/p>\nThe puck ended up careening upward off Vatrano\u2019s stick and struck him right in the cheek. The former All-Star immediately skated off the ice in pain, and blood could be seen pooling around his face as he bolted toward the locker room.<\/p>\n
Ducks winger Frank Vatrano was struck in the face by a puck Tuesday night and needed emergency medical attention. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Vatrano, 31, later returned to the bench and watched the Ducks pull off a miraculous win.<\/p>\n
Skating shorthanded and down 3-2, Beckett Sennecke tied things up with just one second remaining in the game. Anaheim went on to tally a win in an overtime shootout, 4-3.<\/p>\n
The Ducks shared an update on Frank Vatrano\u2019s injury following their game against the Penguins, sharing an image of his bloody wound. Anaheim Ducks Instagram<\/p>\n
Following the game, the Ducks gave an update on Vatrano\u2019s status on their social media pages, sharing a photo of him with his wound stitched up.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrank Vatrano,\u201d the team wrote in a caption. \u201cHockey player. #FlyTogether.\u201d<\/p>\n
Frank Vatrano has been a member of the Ducks since the 2022-23 season. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Vatrano\u2019s played in 29 games for the Ducks this season, and he\u2019s scored three goals while adding one assist. He\u2019s been a part of Anaheim\u2019s roster since the 2022-23 season and made his lone All-Star appearance with the team in 2023-24.<\/p>\n
Before that, Vatrano played for the Rangers, Panthers and Bruins.<\/p>\n
He won\u2019t have too much time to nurse his wound, as the Ducks are scheduled to be back on the ice Thursday night for a clash with the Islanders in New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ducks winger Frank Vatrano needed emergency medical attention Tuesday night after he was drilled near his eye by…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":438562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[3115,276,202708,293,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-438561","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-anaheim-ducks","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-frank-vatrano","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115697249605338763","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}