Winnipeg Jets defenseman Toby Enstrom was taken to hospital to be checked out for facial fractures, head coach Paul Maurice said Wednesday night.

Enstrom was hit into the boards from behind by Pittsburgh Penguins pest Tom Sestito, who was ejected for the incident, while Enstrom left the game and didn't return.

Sestito was recalled earlier Wednesday before the game that followed a heated meeting between the two clubs earlier in the season, and Maurice was well aware of the enforcer's role when asked about the hit afterwards.

"There's no cost to them doing that. We're going to lose a good defenseman for a while," he said, later adding, "Well, (Sestito) wasn't brought up to dangle."

Maurice said that the club will have a better sense of Enstrom's injury status on Thursday.

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