SportsBrassard is out for the Senators season with a broken fibula

Brassard is out for the Senators season with a broken fibula

Brassard suffered the injury late in the second period of Thursday’s 5-4 overtime win over the Philadelphia Flyers. He stayed with the Flyers goalie Felix Sandstrom and guardian Rasmus Ristolainen He fell miserably to the side of the goal. He had to be pulled off the ice by his teammates.

“First of all, if one of your players gets seriously injured, it affects the entire staff, not just the bench,” Senators coach DJ Smith said Saturday. “We are like a family here. Do you know how many days a year we hang out? It’s not good to see a guy yelling like that.”

Brassard signed a one-year, $750,000 contract with Ottawa in October. The 35-year-old striker has 23 points (13 goals, 10 assists) in 62 games this season.

“He’s given us a lot of good games and he’s given us a lot of leadership,” Smith said. «He Helped in that second power play; he scored 13 goals. He has had a great year and we will miss him.”

Brassard played his 1,000th NHL game on March 2, scoring twice in a 5–3 win against the New York Rangers. He has 545 points (215 goals, 3 assists) in 1,013 regular season games with the Senators, Edmonton Oilers, Flyers, Arizona Coyotes, New York Islanders, Colorado Avalanche, Florida Panthers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Blue Rangers and Columbus Blue Jackets.

Smith was asked about the possibility that the injury was a blow to Brassard’s career.

That’s for him to decide, Smith said. “It is a difficult injury. Where he is, it’s 100 percent his choice. But it’s difficult”.

matthew joseph Brassard’s lefty spot will be on the third row against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday (7 pm ET; CBC, SNO, SNW, SNP, ESPN+). Ridley Craig He will return to the center of the lineup after missing three games with a sternum injury.

The Senators (37-33-5) trail the Pittsburgh Penguins by five points for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference Stanley Cup playoffs.

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