New Jersey Devils defenseman Anssi Salmela
left Monday's game against Philadelphia on a stretcher early in the second
period.
Salmela, who rejoined the Devils from the Thrashers in the Ilya Kovalchuk deal
last week, tallied a short-handed goal 61 seconds into the period and was
simultaneously levelled by a shoulder check from Flyers forward Jeff Carter.
The 25-year-old Finn lay on the ice virtually motionless for several minutes
before he was loaded onto the stretcher and taken for evaluation.
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