Anthony Stolarz injury update: Maple Leafs star to miss Game 2 after collision with Panthers’ Sam Bennett

The Toronto Maple Leafs will be without starting the goalkeeper Anthony Stolarz for match 2 against the Panthers of Florida. Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube said that Stolarz still recovers from a head injury he suffered in the first game, According to Chris Johnston of athletics.

At the 5-4 victory of Maple Leafs on Monday, Stolarz did twice significant in his head. The first came five minutes from the game when Sam Reinhart de Panthers started a wrist shot of 82 km / h hitting Stolarz’s helmet.

Stolarz was visibly shaken by the shot, but remained in the game for a while later.

In the second period, during a battle for a loose shit in front of the fold, the elbow in the center of Florida, Sam Bennet, contacted the head of Stolarz. Maple Leaf’s goalkeeper immediately headed to the ice holding his head, but once again he remained a little more.

During the next time of television time, Stolarz became ill on the bench of Toronto and had to be transported to the hospital for a later evaluation.

In his postgame press conference, Berube said it was “clear as the day” that Bennett hit stolaz on his head. The next morning, Team Practice, Berube said that the game would have been managed very differently in the past.

“When I played, someone would have done something right away,” Berube said. “Probably me, if I were out there.”

At that time no pain was made in Bennett and will not face the supplementary discipline from the Nhl. Speaking to the media on Tuesday, Bennett said there was no force or intention behind his collision with Stolarz, a former teammate.

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“Looking back the video, I mean, the contact that was made was, in my opinion, is just once,” Bennett said. “There is no forceful action. I am trying to score. The last thing I think is to think of hitting it.

Joseph Woll will get the game 2 instead of Stolarz. After relieving Stolarz in match 1, Woll allowed three goals in 20 shots when the panthers desperately tried to set up a comeback from the third period.