Ottawa Senators forward Vladislav Namestnikov left the team’s game against the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday with a lower-body injury and will not return, the team announced.
Namestnikov went to the locker room with the help of a trainer after getting sent into the boards on a hit by Cale Fleury as he tried to enter the Canadiens’ zone during the first period.
The 26-year-old came into Wednesday’s game with 12 points in 19 games with the Senators this season.
The former first-round pick of the Tampa Bay Lightning (27th overall in 2011) has racked up 170 points across 381 career games.
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