In the middle of the second period between the Montreal and Vancouver became Pettersson upphakad of Montreal’s forward Jesperi Kotkaniemi, lost balance and fell to the ice with the finn. On the tv replays appeared how Pettersson twisted right leg and knee and was lying on the ice.
for your own machine, but went directly to the dressing room and shortly afterwards announced Vancouver on Twitter that Pettersson would not be able to play because of an injury to the lower body.
No additional notice of the injury was not made, but coach Travis Green said after the game that Pettersson will not leave the team to travel home during the ongoing bortamatchturnén. According to the canadian medieuppgifter to the swede magnetröntgas later in the day.
during his debut season in the NHL and has accounted for 22 goals and a total of 42 points in 37 matches. The night before the injury he scored his first hat-trick in the NHL-his career in segermatchen away against Ottawa, and at the same time had the news that he’s been selected to the NHL All-star game.
Montreal won the first game 2-0, despite fine game of the Vancouver goalkeeper Jacob Markström, which accounted for 25 saves.
