The Blue Jackets and Maple Leafs will play a deciding Game 5 on Sunday to conclude the qualifying round. Uh oh.

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In what was a seemingly innocent play, the Norris Trophy finalist, switching from skating forward to backward, had his right ankle give out and fell awkwardly to the ice.

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The NHL's 2017 Norris Trophy winner got up slowly and broke his stick while heading down the tunnel to the locker room.

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We've sent an email with instructions to create a new password. The Lightning, last season's No. Through 66 games this season, Hedman posted 55 points — his fifth-straight season above 50 points — while skating a team-leading 24:04 for the Lightning.

He fell over on the non-contact play, was slow to get up, and winced in pain on the bench before heading to the locker room. Cimini on the Bell relationship.