Brandon Prust suffered an upper-body injury in the first period of Tuesday night's win over the Avalanche, but returned to play in the second, the Montreal Gazette reports.

Prust suffered an upper-body injury in the first period of Tuesday night's win over the Avalanche, but returned to play in the second, the Montreal Gazette reports.

Analysis:

Prust crashed into the boards and immediately headed to the clinic. Upon his return, he scored a goal and set up another. An upper-body injury, a goal and an assist, that's a new spin on the Gordie Howe hat trick.