Boston Bruins left winger Brad Marchand Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports

Boston Bruins lose Brad Marchand to lower-body injury

Originally posted on Boston Hockey Now | By Joe Haggerty | Last updated 3/3/23

The Boston Bruins continue to see forwards get hurt at an alarming rate, as Brad Marchand was knocked out of Thursday night’s game against the Buffalo Sabres at TD Garden.

Marchand took a hit from behind in the second period from Ilya Lybushkin, where the Buffalo D-man saw numbers the entire time, which somehow didn’t result in any penalties. Marchand didn’t return to the ice afterward before the Bruins made the announcement prior to the start of the third period.

UPDATE: Brad Marchand (lower-body) will not return to tonight's game.

— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) March 3, 2023

The Boston Bruins were calling it a lower-body injury on Marchand.

Brad Marchand (lower-body) will not return tonight.

NESN thinks this was the hit that did it: pic.twitter.com/CcbRA4cJIz

— Evan Marinofsky (@EvanMarinofsky) March 3, 2023

This follows both Taylor Hall and Nick Foligno suffering lower-body injuries on the Western Canada road trip that will keep them out for the rest of the regular season, a pair of injuries on the wing that forced the B’s to make a deal with the Detroit Red Wings for rental forward Tyler Bertuzzi, a move that involved sending their 2024 first -round pick to Detroit.

The Bruins are at a point now, however, where they are running seriously low on left wingers with Hall, Foligno and Marchand now injured; Jakub Lauko has already been called back up Boston for fourth-line duty on the left side.

This article first appeared on Boston Hockey Now and was syndicated with permission.

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