The St. Louis Blues’ 4-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs was costly Saturday night at the Enterprise Center.
In the second period, defenseman Philip Broberg suffered a lower body injury and it appears to be quite serious. See the sequence in the main video.
After hitting the back, Leafs forward Mitch Marner fell on his right leg. Broberg was assisted by his team’s medical staff to leave the ice surface. His team then announced that their match was over.
The St. Louis club obtained the 23-year-old Swede with a hostile offer last summer. The Edmonton Oilers decided not to match him and Broberg packed his bags.
In 12 games to date with his new team, the eighth overall pick in the 2019 draft has two goals and seven assists for nine points.
As for the match, Colton Parayko (twice), Jordan Kyrou and Pavel Buchnevich (empty net) scored the Blues’ goals. Toronto’s response came from the sticks of Marner and Steven Lorentz.
It was also Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube’s first game in St. Louis since the Blues fired him in December 2023. The 58-year-old was the pilot of the he Missouri team for nearly six seasons and won the Stanley Cup with it in 2019.
Elsewhere in the NHL
In Ottawa, goaltender Anton Forsberg posted a 22-save shutout in the Senators’ 3-0 win over the Seattle Kraken.
The Capitals humiliated the Columbus Blue Jackets 7-2 in Washington. Alex Ovechkin and Dylan Strome each had three points, while Connor McMichael scored twice.
In Philadelphia, the Bruins ended a losing streak by shutting out the Flyers 3-0. Joonas Korpisalo stopped 20 pucks to record his fifth career shutout.
Dylan Larkins scored two goals in a 2-1 Red Wings win over the Buffalo Sabers in Detroit.
