Blue Jackets' Calvert returns from slap shot to face to score game-winning goal
Matt Calvert wasn't about to let a pesky slap shot to the face keep him from playing out the rest of the game.
The Columbus Blue Jackets left winger's status was questionable after he took a puck to the forehead that required medical attention in the second period.
But the 26-year-old returned from the slap shot, 36 stitches later ... then managed to sneak a short-handed shot under Henrik Lundqvist to score the tie-breaking goal in the third.
"I think when something like this happens emotions just kind of take over," Calvert said. "You're riding on adrenaline. I made a shot and it was great to see it hit the back of the net."
The Blue Jackets won 4-2 over the New York Rangers and nabbed a franchise-record seventh straight home victory. And now Calvert's got his badge of courage as proof.
Matt Calvert:
— ColumbusBlueJackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) November 19, 2016
-takes puck to face
-gets stitches
-scores shorthanded goal#CBJ pic.twitter.com/PrQuAtT33Y
A huge shoutout to my linemate @mattcalvert11 for taking 36 stitches and returning to the game in the third period #GWG # warrior pic.twitter.com/80Ho3Sjjxn
— Josh Anderson (@joshanderson_77) November 19, 2016
