MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens announced on Wednesday that defenseman Victor Mete will be out for the remainder of the regular season due to a fractured foot.

Mete suffered the injury during the game in Detroit on February 18.

Mete amassed four goals and 11 points in 51 games during the 2019-20 campaign.

The 21-year-old blueliner scored his first career NHL goal on October 17, 2019 against the Minnesota Wild at the Bell Centre.

The Woodbridge, ON native has four goals and 31 points in 171 games in the NHL ranks.

He was a fourth-round pick of the Canadiens (100th overall) in 2016.