Boston, MA (SportsNetwork.com) – Boston Bruins defenseman Johnny Boychuk is expected to be sidelined for a few days after being diagnosed with a sprained back.<\/p>\n
Boychuk was taken off the ice on a stretcher early in the first period of Thursday’s game against Montreal and Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli gave an update on the blueliner’s condition Saturday.<\/p>\n
Chiarelli said Boychuk would be sidelined for at least three days and up to a week because of the injury.<\/p>\n
Boychuk went into the left-corner boards on Thursday to chase down a puck and was pushed from behind by Montreal’s Max Pacioretty. He hit the boards head first and collapsed to the ice.<\/p>\n
As he was immobilized and placed on the stretcher, Boychuk never lost consciousness and was taken to Montreal General Hospital. He was able to fly home with the team later that night.<\/p>\n
Pacioretty was issued a boarding minor on the play at 4:28.<\/p>\n
Boychuk has averaged a little over 21 minutes of ice time per game this season, posting one goal and five assists in 27 contests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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