Pacioretty, who never saw Stoner coming, spent several seconds on his knees on the ice before being helped to the dressing room by the Canadiens' training staff. Pacioretty sustained an upper-body injury on the play and was taken straight to the hospital for what coach Michel Therrien called "precautionary reasons." Brandon Prust and Stoner dropped the gloves a few minutes after the hit, with the Canadiens' winger sending the Anaheim defenseman to the ice. With Patrick Maroon in the penalty box for interference, Desharnais sent a one-timer past goalie Frederik Andersen at 5:27 of the third after a clever cross-ice pass from Andrei Markov. At 8:33 of the third, with P.K.