Boston Bruins forward David Backes won’t return to Sunday’s Game 5 against the Tampa Bay Lightning after a big hit in the second period.
Backes was stood up by Tampa forward J.T. Miller at the Lightning blue line as Backes was trying to get the puck into the zone.
The hit seemed to stiffen up Backes as he fell to the ice, where he laid for several minutes before having to be helped off it by two Bruins and then helped down the tunnel by members of Boston’s training staff.
UPDATE: David Backes will not return to today's game.
— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) May 6, 2018
There was no penalty called on the play. Miller scored the go-ahead goal later in the period and the Bruins trail 2-1 in the third period with their playoff lives on the line.
Backes is no stranger to the concussion.
He was concussed on this hit by William Carrier:
And there was the Brent Seabrook hit:
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