| | MONTREAL -- Center Trevor Linden of the Montreal Canadiens
will undergo surgery Thursday to repair two fractured ribs and will
miss the remainder of the season.
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| Linden |
Linden was injured when Tampa Bay defenseman Pavel Kubina fell
on him during a goalmouth scramble in the first period of the Lightning's 4-3 win Tuesday night.
Linden missed 20 games earlier in the season with a sprained ankle.
The injury came just three days after captain Saku Koivu tore a knee ligament. Koivu is also out for Montreal's final 12 games.
"It's going to be a huge challenge for us for the 12 remaining games," teammate Sergei Zholtok said.
The Canadiens, who have battled back into playoff contention despite losing 483 man-games to injury, lost to a
sub-.500 team for the second successive game after winning 11 of 15.
Linden, who scored his 13th goal on Montreal's first shot, stayed in the hospital overnight. | |
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