Scary moment in the first period of Monday’s game in Edmonton between the Oilers and Columbus Blue Jackets when linesman Steve Barton hit his head on the ice following a collision with Connor McDavid.
You can see the play in the video above.
Barton remained on the ice and had to be taken off on a stretcher.
According to Sportsnet’s Mark Spector, Barton was taken to a local hospital and was speaking to doctors and moving all extremities during the trip.
UPDATE:
#NHL says linesman Steve Barton, who was stretchered off early in Tuesday’s #CBJ-#LetsGoOilers game, spent the night in an Edmonton hospital. He was feeling much better this morning, has been released and is flying home. #goodnews
— Aaron Portzline (@Aportzline) March 28, 2018
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