Alex Newhook is expected to be out for four months for the Montreal Canadiens after the forward had surgery Friday for a broken ankle.

Newhook was injured when he fell feet-first into the boards at 4:10 of the second period of the Canadiens' 7-0 loss to the Dallas Stars on Thursday.

He is tied for second on the Canadiens with six goals in 17 games, and his 12 points are fifth. He played all 82 games last season.

"It was really tough," Montreal forward Brendan Gallagher said Thursday. "Obviously, we're going to be without 'Newy' for a little bit here, a player that worked really hard in the offseason and knew how important the season was to him and our team. He was having an unbelievable year and you just feel for him at this point."

Defenseman Kaiden Guhle had surgery Thursday for

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