The eaves of the Columbus Blue Jackets, Kirill Marchenko, suffered a broken jaw in a terrifying scene in Dallas on Sunday night when he was hit by an album while sitting on the bank.
Now he is out indefinitely after undergoing surgery to repair his broken jaw, the team announced Monday.
The 24-year-old Russian end was among shifts in the second period of the 5-3 defeat on Sunday before the stars when the defense of the Blue Jackets defense, Denton Mateychuk, tried to clear the album of the defensive zone. On the other hand, instead sliding along the tables, the album somehow found its way under the guard of the face of Marchenko, which made him collapse at the end of the bank.
Marchenko quickly went to the locker room while holding a bloody towel on the face.
The Blue Jackets scoring leader with 21 goals was placed in the wound reserve.
The Blue Jackets have 5-2 in their last seven outings and close a swing of a four-game road in Buffalo on Tuesday night.
Columbus Blue Jackets striker Kirill Marchenko (in the photo) suffered a broken jaw in a terrifying scene in Dallas on Sunday night when he was hit by a record
The end of 24 years was between shifts in the second period of the 5-3 defeat on Sunday before the stars when the defender of the Blue Jackets, Denton Mateychuk (No. 5), tried to clear the album
Owner of a wild card of the East Conference, Columbus points to his first appearance in the playoffs since 2020. However, the Blue Jackets received a serious blow during the 5-3 defeat on Sunday in Dallas, when Marchenko was hit On the face with an album while sitting at the bank at the end of the second period.
The Blue Jackets could also be without the key defense Dante Fabbro, who suffered an injury at the top of the body at the end of the first period in Dallas. The star Zach Werenski, among the best defenders of the NHL with 57 points, was also beaten and left on Sunday for a spell, but returned.
However, the management of adversity has been a distinctive seal for these blue jackets, which continue to cry the death of the low season of the superstar Johnny Gaudreau, and are overcoming an injury to Captain Boone Jenner, who has not yet played in 2024 -25.
“You have to do what you have to do to win,” said Adam Fantilli, from Columbus, who has five goals with three assists during a five -game streak.
'We are all here sacrificing everything we can. … it stinks dealing with what we are dealing with … we still have to try to find a way to win. '
Columbus had won three in a row before Sunday's defeat, is in a stretch of 14-5-2 and has the opportunity for a road trip of four winning games on Tuesday. The Blue Jackets last fell to the consecutive games in the regulation on December 15 and 17.
“We have fought all year,” said Columbus Ivan Provorov's defense. “As a team, we continue to show that we are a great team, and we will only advance.”
Kirill Marchenko (seen here in Columbus on January 25) is the top scorer of Blue Jackets
Fantilli had a goal and Werenski added two assists during the victory at Casa 6-4 of the Blue Jackets on Buffalo on October 17. Columbus has gone 5-0-3 in its last eight games in Buffalo.
The Sabres are the last ones at the Eastern Conference, but they have totaled 15 goals while the first three won on a four -game farm. Thompson has four goals with four assists in those games, but took a hard and controversial blow to go from Stefan did not be in New Jersey in the third period of the 4-3 victory on Sunday. Thompson did not return, but Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff said that he spent all the physical tests after the game and that he could be ready for this contest.
“It's a special talent,” said teammate Jason Zucker about Thompson, who has a 26 goals and 48 points leader. “Find ways to score goals in many different ways.”
Although Sabres players took a little heat on social networks for not retaliation for success in Thompson, the result, in a closed game, could have done the job.
“Our answer is that we won,” said Zucker, who has three goals with four assists in seven games.