Hurricanes' Raanta won't return to Game 2 after suffering upper-body injury

2 years ago  /  Sportsnet

RALEIGH, — Carolina goalie left the Hurricanes’ playoff game against the in the first period Wednesday night after struck him in the head with a gloved hand. Raanta was playing the puck when Pastrnak skated in and hit Raanta in the helmet with his right glove as he went by. Raanta went down, with team medical staff holding a towel to his face to stop bleeding from an apparent mouth injury after the play in Game 2. The Hurricanes ruled him out for the night during the first intermission with what was described only as an upper-body injury. The Hurricanes have rookie Jack LaFontaine as the emergency backup goaltender, with the 24-year-old having two career NHL games on his resume....

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