Jets’ Morgan Barron takes skate to face in Sport 1 vs. Golden Knights
Winnipeg Jets heart Morgan Barron had a giant scare whereas he was making his NHL playoff debut on Tuesday evening.
Barron took a skate to the face throughout a goalmouth scramble within the first interval of Sport 1 of the first-round Western Convention playoff collection in opposition to the Vegas Golden Knights.
Vegas goaltender Laurent Brossoit was diving again to freeze the puck after stopping Barron’s preliminary shot, and his skate got here up whereas Barron was being pushed to the ice by the Golden Knights’ Chandler Stephenson.
Barron went to the dressing room and obtained greater than 75 stitches, in accordance with the Sportsnet broadcast of the sport.
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However Barron returned to play within the second interval, sporting a full face defend and with a bandage above his eye. He skated 10:44 within the Jets’ 5-1 win over the Golden Knights.
He was drafted by the New York Rangers within the sixth spherical in 2017 and joined the Jets final season as a part of the commerce that despatched ahead Andrew Copp to New York.
Barron had eight objectives and 21 factors in 70 video games this season.
