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Canucks winger was blindsided by brutal and illegal check to head that draws match penalty and five-minute power play

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Published Nov 07, 2024 • Last updated 1 hour ago • 2 minute read

Brock Boeser #6 of the Vancouver Canucks received medical attention as the referee calls a Los Angeles Kings penalty during the first period at Crypto.com Arena on November 07, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Harry How /Getty Images

Brock Boeser has had considerable career success against the Los Angeles Kings.

In 20 career NHL games, the Vancouver Canucks winger has 23 points (17-6), but on Thursday he would not add to that total. Despite having the right idea to advance the puck with a pass in the neutral zone, he absorbed an unexpected and brutal check to the head that forced him to leave the game.

Boeser had the bad luck of being in the train tracks of a blindside, a shoulder hit from winger Tanner Jeannot at full speed. It caught Boeser on the chin and dropped him to the ice at Crypto.com Arena at 10:44 of the opening period. He did not return for the second period and the Canucks then announced he would not be back for remainder of the game.

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Boeser appeared woozy as he left the ice and it’s not a stretch to suggest he may have suffered concussion-like symptoms, although a diagnosis of his condition was not revealed during the game. He was off to a fast start this season with 11 points (6-5) in his first 11 games in the final year of his contract extension.

Jeannot was assessed a match penalty for the illegal hit to the head and the Canucks went on a five-minute power play. Jeannot could also receive supplementary discipline and a suspension when the NHL reviews the incident.

Pius Suter took Boeser’s place on the first power play unit that had its moments. Elias Pettersson gave the puck away in the Canucks’ zone at the halfway mark of five-minute advantage. Conor Garland had a chance down low on a feed from Nils Hoglander and he was then credited with a goal off a cross-ice slap feed by J.T Miller that Kings goalie Darcy Kuemper poked into his own net trying to clear the puck.

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The Canucks would rally fro an early deficit to prevail 4-2, sweep their three-game California road trip, and improve to six-straight road victories.

“Next man up type of thing,” said Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet. “Brock is a big part of our team, a big chunk, and guys did a nice job filling in. I had to put some different guys up there, so I hope Brock is okay. I’ve got to take a look at it (hit) and obviously it’s a dangerous play.”

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