After a devastating hit along the boards Sunday, Colorado Avalanche defenseman Jacob MacDonald was alert with feelings in all extremities and did not need hospitalization.
MacDonald was taken off the ice on a stretcher early in the second period after taking a hard check from Florida forward Ryan Lomberg in the Avalanche zone at 2:15 of the period. McDonald went down on his back and wasn’t moving when he was attended to by the Colorado medical staff.
The 28-year-old was placed on a stretcher after a few minutes and was carried off the ice.
Avalanche forward Nicolas Aube-Kubel went after Lomberg immediately after the hit and the two drew fighting majors. Lomberg did not get a penalty for the check.
The Avalanche got their revenge in the form of a 3-2 victory between the two highest scoring teams in the NHL. Colorado’s Andre Burakovsky delivered his first career hat trick in the win.
–Field Level Media
