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Montreal Canadiens: Tomas Tatar Leaves Game With Injury

By Ken MacMillan

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 03: Tomas Tatar #90 of the Montreal Canadiens is checked by Devon Toews #25 of the New York Islanders during the first period at the Barclays Center on March 03, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 03: Tomas Tatar #90 of the Montreal Canadiens is checked by Devon Toews #25 of the New York Islanders during the first period at the Barclays Center on March 03, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /
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The Montreal Canadiens have been dealing with injuries for much of the season. The list of afflicted players grew by one tonight when Tomas Tatar left the game with an apparent injury.

The Montreal Canadiens have been dealing with a plethora of injuries this season. Things were great for the first six weeks of the season and the team was clicking along at 11-5-3. Then Jonathan Drouin and Paul Byron got injured and the whole season fell apart overnight.

The only thing that piled up quicker than the names on the injured list was the number of losses for the Habs. They would go on two separate eight game losing streaks over their next 26 games played.

Joining Drouin and Byron on the sidelines in that time were Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Victor Mete, Joel Armia, Brendan Gallagher, Shea Weber and Matthew Peca. The team has been getting closer to fully healthy lately, but then Mete was injured again with a broken foot and his replacement, Xavier Ouellet went out with a concussion.

Ouellet is back in the lineup now, filling out the defense, but another key player has been injured. Tomas Tatar is having his finest season yet, having scored a career high 61 points in 67 games. He hasn’t missed a game all season, but he left early tonight.

Tatar took an awkward hit near the end boards from a New York Islanders defenseman. He didn’t really slam into the boards after taking the hit, but he hit them without being able to protect himself from the initial hit.

This hit happened in the first period and Tatar briefly returned to the bench. He then was nowhere to be found after the first intermission and later in the period it was announced he would be out for the rest of the night.

Tatar is having a fantastic season and was on pace for 75 points entering tonight’s game. With the Habs far from the playoff race, hopefully this is just a precaution and Tatar will be back and ready to play in their next contest.

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