After one of their most emotional wins of the early 2025-26 season over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday, the Bruins players were thinking about Charlie McAvoy after the game.

A redirected shot on a Montreal power play jumped up and hit the Bruins defenseman in the face just past the midway point of the second period. He snapped back in pain and tumbled to the ice. The Bruins medical staff immediately hustled to the ice.

He didn’t return after skating off with his face in his hands as Bell Centre staff cleaned blood off the ice.

McAvoy, whose season ended from an injury he suffered at the Bell Centre for Team USA last year during the NHL 4 Nations Face-Off , didn’t even skate all the way to the Bruins bench, exiting quickly through the Canadiens tunnel.

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