The Montreal Canadiens' blue line appears to have taken quite a hit.
Defenseman Alexei Emelin could miss up to six weeks with a shoulder injury suffered in Wednesday's loss to Ottawa, as first reported by Eric Engels of Sirius/XM NHL.
The 28-year-old has scored two goals and added 11 assists while posting a plus-10 in an average of 19:35 of ice time through 55 games for Montreal.
Jarred Tinordi has been recalled to offset Emelin's absence.