Detroit's Brendan Perlini is a very lucky man. The forward came dangerously close to a serious eye injury Tuesday night after he was hit in the face by Henri Jokiharju's skate blade during the first period of the Red Wings' 3-2 loss to Buffalo. You can view the incident below.
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Perlini left the game immediately with a towel clutched to his face. According to the Detroit Free Press, he received a bruised right orbital bone and stitches around his nose — but his eyes escaped damage. While Perlini didn't want to do an interview as he left the area, he did stop long enough to pose for a picture and expressed gratitude for the medical help he received.
“I just talked to Brendan,” coach Jeff Blashill said after the game. “Brendan is doing good. It cut him underneath the eye and around the nose. It was a large laceration. I think he was thankful, I was thankful. We were all scared when we first saw it happen that it had gone near his eye. That's the thing you worry the most about.
“It was just an unfortunate situation where the skate came up and he was falling and it caught him in the face. Super scary. At that point both teams just worry about his well-being. Thankfully he is going to be all right.”
Perlini will travel to New Jersey with his teammates for a game against the Devils on Thursday. However, it is not yet known if he will play.
Source: Detroit Free Press
