Flames rookie forward Sam Honzek leaves Saturday\u2019s game after collision with Mikael Backlund<\/p>\n
The Calgary Flames spent much of Saturday night\u2019s clash with the Winnipeg Jets missing one of their most effective young forwards. Rookie Sam Honzek left the game midway through the second period after an inadvertent collision with Flames teammate Mikael Backlund.<\/p>\n
The collision occurred roughly seven minutes into the second period. Backlund was carrying the puck through the neutral zone and collided with Honzek, who seemed like he was focused on not going off-side while anticipating Backlund\u2019s zone entry.<\/p>\n
Honzek returned to the Flames bench gingerly and went down the tunnel for evaluation. On the same sequence, the Jets opened the scoring, with Mark Scheifele beating Dustin Wolf with a wrist shot while enjoying a lot of time and space in the Flames\u2019 zone \u2013 likely afforded to him by the confusion after the Backlund\/Honzek hit.<\/p>\n
Sportsnet\u2019s Pat Steinberg reported at the beginning of the third period that Honzek would not return to the game.<\/p>\n
Upper body injury for Sam Honzek.<\/p>\n