It was a painful win for Calgary Flames coach Bill Peters on Sunday afternoon.
He had to miss a portion of his team’s 6-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes while he was back in the locker room area getting stitched up after being struck in the face by a puck.
“I think it’s going to hurt more tomorrow,” said Peters afterward. “It’s one of those things where there’s not a lot of room out there and you’ve got to be paying attention. So you just move on.”
You can see his entire post-game media availability here -- along with his stitches -- via the Flames.
"I think it's going to hurt more tomorrow. It's one of those things - there's not a lot of room out there and you've got to be paying attention."
— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) November 25, 2018
Despite taking a puck to face and getting stiched up mid-game, Bill Peters was all smiles in his post-game media address! https://t.co/jvMAz1wfBE
This is the play where Peters was hit.
#Flames coach Bill Peters just left the bench after he took a puck to the face. pic.twitter.com/Q0Ko5Knoun
— Bally Sports Arizona (@BALLYSPORTSAZ) November 25, 2018
As for the game itself, this was a huge win for the Flames as they completely steamrolled the Coyotes to win for the fourth time in their past five games.
It was a total team effort as they scored three shorthanded goals, a power play goal, and received a strong performance from Mike Smith in net as he stopped 28 of the 29 shots he faced. His shutout bid came to an end midway through the third period when Coyotes forward Clayton Keller scored his team’s only goal on the day.
Noah Hanifin and Mark Jankowski each scored a pair of goals for the Flames.
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Adam Gretz is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @AGretz.