Blackhawks blow out Coyotes, Vermette injures Anisimov

The Chicago Blackhawks absolutely dominated the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday in a 6-2 win, but there was a significant injury loss.

The good news is that the early word is that Artem Anisimov is only considered day-to-day with an upper-body injury. At least for now.

Former Blackhawks forward Antoine Vermette received a game misconduct for that check on Anisimov. For whatever it’s worth, Vermette apologized about the hit.

Q on Anisimov: "We’ll know more tomorrow, day to day, upper body. He should be OK." #Blackhawks

— Tracey Myers (@TramyersCSN) April 6, 2016

Antoine Vermette on boarding Artem Anisimov: "Obviously I don’t mean to hurt anyone… I feel bad. I hope he’s OK."

— Dave Vest (@davest4yotes) April 6, 2016

Jonathan Toews was mostly diplomatic:

Toews on the Vermette hit on Anisimov: "I do believe it could have been avoided. But I have to take another look at it to comment fully."

— Mark Potash (@MarkPotash) April 6, 2016

The hit: