MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens will be without forward Alex Newhook and defenceman Kaiden Guhle for the long term as both players recover from surgery.

The NHL team announced that Newhook underwent a procedure on his right ankle Friday and is expected to miss four months.

He was hurt in Montreal’s 7-0 loss to the visiting Dallas Stars on Thursday when he crashed feet-first into the end boards.

Guhle underwent surgery Thursday on a partially torn adductor muscle and is expected to miss eight-to-10 weeks.

The defenceman was originally expected to miss four-to-six weeks when his injury was first announced on Oct. 18.

The team recalled centre Jared Davidson from the American Hockey League’s Laval Rocket on Friday to replace Newhook on the active roster.

Newhook was enjoying a strong s

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