{"id":120653,"date":"2021-11-02T21:06:59","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T01:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=120653"},"modified":"2021-11-02T21:06:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T01:06:59","slug":"jonathan-drouin-injured-visits-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/11\/02\/jonathan-drouin-injured-visits-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Drouin Injured, Leaves Game And Visits Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/drouijo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonathan Drouin<\/a> entered this season with a lot to prove, and the Montreal Canadiens need him to prove it. Unfortunately, he left the match against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/redwings\/\" target=\"_self\">Detroit Red Wings<\/a> early after taking a puck to the head in the first period.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Jonathan Drouin ne reviendra pas au jeu ce soir. Il a quitt\u00e9 pour l\u2019h\u00f4pital pour y subir une \u00e9valuation approfondie.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Drouin will not return to the game. He went to the hospital for further evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Canadiens Montr\u00e9al (@CanadiensMTL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanadiensMTL\/status\/1455686971733446657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Jonathan Drouin Injured<\/h2>\n<p>The Canadiens lost a big part of their offence with Drouin leaving the arena after playing just 2:27. He was in front of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/nedelal01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Nedeljkovic<\/a> when a shot from defenceman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kulakbr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brett Kulak<\/a> struck Drouin. He left the ice under his own power, but it was announced he would not return before the second period started.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means<\/h3>\n<p>High expectations have followed Drouin since his selection third overall in 2013 by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/lightning\/\" target=\"_self\">Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a>. They didn&#8217;t go down with his trade to the Habs. His first two seasons in Montreal went fairly well, if below sky-high expectations. For the next two &#8211; between the pressures of the game and the changes in the world at large &#8211; his numbers suffered. He famously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/jonathan-drouin-deserves-privacy-leave-absence-canadiens\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pulled himself<\/a> before a match against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/flames\/\" target=\"_self\">Calgary Flames<\/a> in the 2020-21 season, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/04\/28\/jonathan-drouin-leave-of-absence-ltir\/\" target=\"_self\">not returning<\/a> that year.<\/p>\n<p>This season, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/canadiens-jonathan-drouin-mental-health-nhl-season-1.6211313\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he&#8217;s back<\/a> and going strong, leading the team in scoring with two goals and seven points in ten games. He joins a slew of Habs injured, including forwards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/byronpa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Byron<\/a> &#8211; who has yet to play this year &#8211; and Mattieu Perrault. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/brookad01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Brooks<\/a>, recently picked up off of waivers, has played two games with the team. He seems likely the man at the bottom of the pile pushing everyone else up. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/suzukni01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Suzuki<\/a> will take on top-line duties with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/dvorach01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christian Dvorak<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/evansja02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake Evans<\/a> likely getting the rest.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal is a long way from a playoff spot, and with Jonathan Drouin injured, any extended absence is going to hurt. Blows to the head are hard to predict, but hopefully, he&#8217;ll be back soon.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: <a id=\"HeiiAmeeSnNfS6a_4--NeA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1350489695\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'HeiiAmeeSnNfS6a_4--NeA',sig:'299FJphUGokiD9a8Mys4nCCQ0iDLMKw3nqmDgRtlSYk=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1350489695',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan Drouin entered this season with a lot to prove, and the Montreal Canadiens need him to prove it. Unfortunately, he left the match against the Detroit Red Wings early after taking a puck to the head in the first period. Jonathan Drouin ne reviendra pas au jeu ce soir. Il a quitt\u00e9 pour l\u2019h\u00f4pital [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3171,"featured_media":120664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4547,4548],"tags":[585],"class_list":["post-120653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canadiens","category-hockey","category-nhl","tag-jonathan-drouin"],"modified_by":"Noah Foster, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}