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P.K. Subban apologized to Canadiens captain Max Pacioretty after Thursday night’s 3-2 loss to the Washington Capitals.

That’s the least the defenceman could do after almost killing his teammate — who was standing in front of the Capitals’ net — with a head-high slapshot during a power play.

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“It might have looked close to you guys, but I felt it,” Pacioretty said after the game. “It was insane how close that was.”

The look of fear in Pacioretty’s eyes after a stoppage in play was noticeable from the press box eight floors above ice level.

“I guess the puck was rolling, so he gets an excuse,” Pacioretty said. “But I don’t know how many times I’m standing in front of that anymore. I was shaken up for a little bit. … It was going to hit me right in the face … I saw it last second.

“I saw my life flash before my eyes there. I mean that’s not a soft shot, either. He said he put everything into that.”

With the injury bug hitting the Canadiens hard this season, Pacioretty is lucky he didn’t get the puck in the face.