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Blue Jackets’ Wennberg done for night with possible concussion

Alexander Wennberg, Jay Bouwmeester

Alexander Wennberg, Jay Bouwmeester

AP

It wouldn’t be a regular season game without a Columbus Blue Jackets injury, right?

OK, the Blue Jackets hope that 2015-16 looks different from the medically challenged mess of last season, but at least one player is banged up tonight.

Alexander Wennberg suffered an upper-body injury and won’t return on Friday, as the team noted.

There’s no word yet regarding how serious the issue might be. It looks like he might have suffered an injury thanks to a Chris Kreider check:

Naturally, the Blue Jackets must hope that this doesn’t begin another trend.

Update: So far, not so good: it might be a concussion.