{"id":81001,"date":"2025-11-18T05:39:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T09:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/bruins-defenseman-mcavoy-hit-by-puck-leaves-game-vs-canadiens\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T05:39:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T09:39:38","slug":"bruins-defenseman-mcavoy-hit-by-puck-leaves-game-vs-canadiens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nhl\/bruins-defenseman-mcavoy-hit-by-puck-leaves-game-vs-canadiens\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruins defenseman McAvoy hit by puck: leaves game vs. Canadiens"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Charlie McAvoy, Bruins defenseman, suffers injury after puck impact<\/h2>\n\nIn a shocking moment during the game between the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens, Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy took a hard hit to the mouth from a <em>slap shot<\/em>.\n\nThe incident occurred midway through the second period of Saturday night&#8217;s game, forcing McAvoy to leave the game and not return.\n\nBruins coach Marco Sturm reported after his team&#8217;s 3-2 victory that McAvoy was &#8220;fine&#8221; and was undergoing medical tests.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>&#8220;We will try to bring him home as soon as possible, hopefully tonight with us, but other than that, let&#8217;s hope he&#8217;s okay,&#8221; Sturm stated.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Marco Sturm, Bruins Coach<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe shot that hit McAvoy came from a <em>one-timer<\/em> by Noah Dobson, which apparently deflected off Boston forward Mark Kastelic before hitting the defenseman.\n\nMcAvoy reacted immediately by covering his face and falling to the ice, while the team&#8217;s medical staff rushed to his aid.\n\nThe 27-year-old American player was quickly taken to the locker room after bleeding on the court.\n\nHis teammate, Nikita Zadorov, was seen trying to recover possible lost teeth.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>&#8220;We pray that everything goes well,&#8221; expressed David Pastrnak, Bruins forward. &#8220;I haven&#8217;t received any news yet. I hope he&#8217;s okay. It&#8217;s a very tough time.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<cite>David Pastrnak, Bruins Forward<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nCole Caufield, Canadiens forward, was near McAvoy at the time of the impact.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s terrible,&#8221; Caufield said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a very concerning part of the game, and I really hope he&#8217;s okay. It was tough to watch, and I wish him the best.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<cite>Cole Caufield, Canadiens Forward<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe Bruins secured their eighth win in nine games, improving their record to 12-8-0.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlie McAvoy, Bruins defenseman, suffers injury after puck impact In a shocking moment during the game between the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens, Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy took a hard hit to the mouth from a slap shot. The incident occurred midway through the second period of Saturday night&#8217;s game, forcing McAvoy to leave [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[3340,10209,290,10210],"class_list":{"0":"post-81001","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-bruins","9":"tag-charlie-mcavoy","10":"tag-injury","11":"tag-slap-shot"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}