Canadiens forward Gallagher out indefinitely

If you haven’t heard by now, the Canadiens will be without their star right winger Brendan Gallagher for an undetermined amount of time after he blocked a Johnny Boychuk slap shot with his left hand, incidentally breaking two of his fingers.

Canadiens coach Michel Therrien announced after the game that he would undergo surgery on Monday for two fractured fingers, and would be out indefinitely.

The injury is uncharacteristic for Gallagher considering he has played in 229 of the past 234 games for the Canadiens, per Peters.

After finishing last season with a career high 24 goals and 47 points in a full 82 game season, Gallagher has increased his scoring by a wide margin in his first quarter of the 2015-2016 campaign.

Gallagher has been playing on the top line with Max Pacioretty and Tomas Plekanec this season.

Nelson’s second of the night – and fifth in a four-game goal streak – made it 4-3 with 12:35 remaining in the third. “I knew it was coming and I’m happy it did tonight”.

Tavares opened the scoring with an easy tap-in at 18:41 of the first before Desharnais netted the equalizer on the power play at the 9:37 of the second period.

Montreal has now defeated NY in six straight encounters and in nine of the last 10.

Fleischmann gave the home team the lead on a great individual play with 5:51 left in the second.

Mike Cammalleri, Andy Greene (powerplay) and Adam Henrique scored for the Devils, with Henrik Sedin (short-handed) and Radim Vrbata (powerplay, one second from the end) on target for the Canucks.

As time expired on a penalty to Dale Weise, Lee tied the game 2-2.

Recalled from the AHL’s St. John’s IceCaps, 22-year-old Sven Andrighetto made his season debut. The speedy forward finished the game with 10:23 of ice time.

Against the Islanders, Gallagher heads out to the right point to get in the shooting lane and then turns slightly to his right as Boychuk blasts the puck, hitting him on the left hand.

RW Devante Smith-Pelly missed the game with a lower-body injury suffered in Friday’s game against the Islanders in Brooklyn. Price improved to 9-2-0 on the season.