Boston Bruins forward David Backes will miss at least the next couple games after suffering a laceration to his right knee on Saturday, Bruins general manager Don Sweeney said, according to Joe McDonald of bostonsportsjournal.com.
Backes suffered the cut to his knee in the first period of Saturday's contest against the Tampa Bay Lightning after Yanni Gourde's struck Backes during a battle in front of the Lightning net. The laceration required 18 stitches, but was luckily not structural in damage.
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