Bruins’ Brad Marchand exits game versus Penguins with injury

Boston Bruins captain Brad Marchand exited Saturday’s matinee game against the Pittsburgh Penguins following a boarding hit by Penguins defenseman P.O. Joseph.

Marchand was down on the ice for a significant amount of time and needed help from Bruins medical staff and players to get off the ice. An update on Marchand should come post-game.

The 36-year-old has tallied 21 goals and 26 assists for 47 points in 60 games this season. Marchand recently returned from the 4 Nations Face-Off break where he represented Canada and won the 4 Nation’s Cup.

The Halifax, Nova Scotia native scored 29 goals and 67 points in 82 games last season, the ninth straight season Marchand has hit the 60-point mark. Marchand racked up three goals and seven assists for 10 points and a plus-2 rating in 11 playoff games for the Bruins before they were eliminated by the Stanley Cup champions, Florida Panthers.

Prior to the 2023-24 campaign, Marchand was named the 19th captain in Bruins history following the retirement of Patrice Bergeron, etching his name into franchise history among all-time greats Ray Bourque, Patrice Bergeron, Zdeno Chara, Milt Schmidt, Johnny Bucyk, and Joe Thornton. Marchand is currently the longest-tenured Bruin and the last of the “old guard” who won the Stanley Cup with the team in 2011 beating the Vancouver Canucks.

In 1,089 games, Marchand has scored 422 goals and 976 points, including scoring 56 goals and 138 points in 156 career playoff appearances, all with Boston.

Marchand was originally selected No. 71 overall in the 2006 NHL Draft and registered a point per game with the Moncton Wildcats, Val-d’Or Foruers and Halifax Mooseheads of the Quebec Martimies Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). In 245 games he tallied 102 goals and 146 assists for 248 points, he captured the QMJHL Championship with Moncton in 2006.