The Canadiens have announced that one of their blueliners will be forced to miss time.
The Montreal Canadiens will be without one of their key defenseman for at least the final stretch of the regular season.
The Canadiens have announced that blueliner Alexandre Carrier will be out for the next two to four weeks due to an upper-body injury.
With this update, there is a chance that Carrier could be out for the start of the postseason. This would certainly be tough news for the Canadiens, as he is one of their important defenders.
Carrier has seven goals, 15 assists, 22 points, 155 blocks, and a plus-2 rating in 73 games this season with the Canadiens. This is after he had three goals and 25 points in 79 games this past campaign split between the Nashville Predators and Canadiens.
The Canadiens recently called up prospect defenseman Adam Engstrom from the Laval Rocket, and this Carrier injury news explains it.
In 369 career NHL games over eight seasons, Carrier has recorded 20 goals, 89 assists, 109 points, and a plus-31 rating.