MONTREAL

Danault released from hospital after slapshot to the face

Bill Beacon The Canadian Press
Published Saturday, January 13, 2018 9:20PM EST Last Updated Sunday, January 14, 2018 11:51AM EST

Montreal Canadiens' Phillip Danault lies injured on the ice after he was hit in the head by a puck on a shot by Boston Bruins' Zdeno Chara during second period NHL hockey action in Montreal, Saturday, January 13, 2018. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes)

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Montreal Canadiens forward Philip Danault has been released from hospital after being struck in the head by a slapshot during a match against the Bruins on Saturday night, according to the team.

In a Facebook post, Danault's father thanked fans for their support and said scans on his son had come back normal.

Danault was taken off the ice on a stretcher after being hit in the head by a Zdeno Chara slapshot.

The rising shot at 18:23 of the second period looked to hit Danault on the side of the head. He lay on the ice for several minutes before being lifted onto a stretcher and taken away for treatment.

He was moving and speaking to medical staff before he left the ice, to an ovation from the Bell Centre crowd.

Marchand shootout goal lifts Boston to 4-3 over Habs

Brad Marchand scored in the fourth round of a shootout to lift the Boston Bruins to a 4-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.

Alex Galchenyuk scored his 100th career goal while Max Pacioretty, Nicolas Deslauriers scored in regulation time for Montreal (18-20-5). Marchand, Jake DeBrusk and David Krejci replied for the Bruins (24-10-7), who are 9-0-3 in their last 12 games.

It was Montreal coach Claude Julien's first game against his former team since he was fired by Boston last Feb. 7, only to be hired by the Canadiens a week later.

The Bruins outshot Montreal 29-25 in regulation time and 32-30 overall.

Victor Mete, in his first game back after helping Canada win world junior championship gold, picked up an assist 3:22 into the game when the rebound of his point shot was tucked inside the post by Pacioretty. The Canadiens captain got a third goal in as many games.

Marchand was left alone in front on a power play to take a feed from Patrice Bergeron and score his 18th of the season at 17:11.

DeBrusk was sent in alone by Charlie McAvoy to beat Carey Price with a high shot 2:55 into the second frame. Deslauriers picked up a loose puck at the Boston blue line and beat Tuukka Rask with a low shot from the slot at 5:45.

Galchenyuk took a diagonal feed from Jonathan Drouin in the right circle and beat Rask with a wrist shot under the crossbar on a power play at 8:51.

Jakub Jerabek swiped at and missed a bouncing puck and Krejci pounced on it and beat Price from close range at 17:42.