Boston: Keeping the healthy defender is still a challenge for the Bruise.
Rookie Michael Callahan He left the game at the beginning of the second period after a clear high of Rangers struck him on his face. Callahan had blood on his lips as he skated on the bench and went down to the tunnel to the locker room.
The injury came only one game after Charlie McAvoy And Brandon Carlo returned to action. Callahan did not return to the third period, leaving the Bruins with only five defenders for more than half the game.
Callahan had played 11 shifts for 5 minutes, 49 seconds before the injury, which reached the second turn of the second period.
Callahan, a native of Franklin, played in his fifth NHL game and first against the Rangers, who are trained by Franklin’s partner, Peter Laviolette, a native of Franklin.
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