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Winger Loui Eriksson missed his first game of the 2014-15 season last night due to an undisclosed injury, an injury he suffered when Penguins defenseman Rob Bortuzzo dropped an atomic slash on Eriksson’s gloves.

Loui tried to play through the pain in the third period, but he couldn’t any longer and removed himself from the game. Eriksson was ruled out for last night’s game vs. New Jersey, but head coach Claude Julien doesn’t believe Eriksson will be out an extended period of time, saying it seems to be “short-term injury” for the winger.

Boston has already dealt with crippling injuries this season, and although Eriksson’s value to the club isn’t that of David Krejci or Zdeno Chara, an extended absence from #21 would be a bothersome issue to deal with for the B’s.



