It appears as if Ben Street is going to be OK, despite a scary moment in Friday's Detroit Red Wings game.

Street, who was signed as a free agent by the Red Wings, was cut on the neck by a skate during a freak accident in the second period of Friday's 2-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs in Hamilton, Ontario.

"Ben was cut in the neck," Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill told DetroitRedWings.com. "They explored the wound. There was no major damages. He was taken to hospital last night to make sure. He was released from the hospital last night and he is on his way home.

"We would like to thank the Toronto doctors. They did an outstanding job. Our medical staff couldn't say enough good things about them. He is going to be just fine."

Blashill also said that "no major arteries, no major veins" were impacted by the cut, and that "everything should be fine. Should be no issue moving forward.

"He had unreal composure," Blashill added. "He had his hand on his neck. I looked up and saw the replay and that's when I really got scared. I was hoping everything was OK. But we got word pretty quick that it looked like it was going to be just fine."

Blashill said he has never seen anything quite like what happened to Street.

"Not necessarily in the neck," Blashill said. "When I was playing junior, I had a really good friend of mine cut right through his arm, he came to the bench squirting blood. That was real, real scary but not the neck area like that.

"So obviously it's even scarier when it's that."

Street, 29, is a journeyman center who has played in parts of four NHL seasons - including seven games with the Colorado Avalanche last season - before joining the Red Wings.