Boston Bruins star defenseman Charlie McAvoy left Saturday’s game after he was hit in the head by a puck.

During the second period, McAvoy was struck in the face by a slap shot from Montreal Canadiens defenseman Noah Dobson. The Bruins’ star was bleeding and needed help off the ice.

Following Boston’s 3-2 road win over the Canadiens, Bruins head coach Marco Sturm provided an injury update on McAvoy.

“He’s doing okay, he’s just getting some testing done,” Sturm said on Saturday, as seen on NESN’s postgame show. “We’re going to try to get him home as soon as possible, hopefully tonight with us. But other than that, hopefully he’s going to be okay.”

McAvoy had 13:41 of ice time and recorded three blocked shots before exiting the game due to an injury.

Bruins defenseman Nikita Zadorov,

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