Vancouver Canucks forward Markus Naslund suffered a concussion and will be sidelined at least a week as a result of a hit in a game against the Colorado Avalanche.
Naslund was released from the hospital Tuesday morning.
Naslund returned to Vancouver and won't be with the team for its road trip which ends Saturday in Edmonton, team spokesman T.C. Carling said. The team remained in Denver on Tuesday, and was to fly to Minnesota on Wednesday for a game there the following night.
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Naslund, the NHL's leading scorer with 30 goals and 38 assists, was injured in an open-ice collision with Moore in the second period of the game, which Vancouver won 1-0.
Naslund left the ice bleeding from his forehead and did not return. A Canucks official called the hit a cheap shot.
No penalty was called, and the NHL said it would take no action on the hit. However, Vancouver general manager Brian Burke, said: "I think it's a marginal player going after a superstar with a headhunting hit."
In post-game remarks, Vancouver coach Marc Crawford criticized referees Dan Marouelli and Rob Martell for not calling a penalty.
"It just mystifies me why this happens in this league," Crawford said. "They talk about players not having respect for players. What about the officials? Should they not have respect for the leading scorer in the league? When does that come?
"It could have been an obstruction call, it could have been an elbow call. It could have been anything. Instead, they call absolutely nothing."
Moore said he was merely finishing his check in a game filled with physical play.
"I came out of the zone and the puck looked like it was going to come out of the neutral zone," the Avalanche rookie said. "I went right to their guy, and I just finished my check. I didn't even know who it was.
"I'm certainly not looking to hurt him or anything, just a clean body check with a shoulder. The refs didn't call a penalty and I heard them yelling, `It was a clean check.'"
Senators 1, Capitals 1
Marian Hossa scored on a power-play goal with 4:23 remaining, lifting the Ottawa Senators into a 1-1 tie with the Washington Capitals.
Sergei Gonchar scored his first goal for the Capitals since returning from a shoulder injury.
Tuesday's game also featured the return of Capitals owner Ted Leonsis, who watched from the owner's box for the first time since his one-week NHL suspension for a scuffle with a taunting fan.
This was Washington's first home game since the suspension ended Feb. 4.
The Senators had their four-game winning streak snapped, but they remain unbeaten in five games since the All-Star break.
Hossa scored his 26th goal of the season with a short backhand under goaltender Olaf Kolzig's left leg after the puck caromed in front of a crowded crease. The goal came 45 seconds after Gonchar was sent to the penalty box for hooking. Despite his injury, Gonchar is tops among NHL defensemen with 45 points, including six goals.
Robert Lang assisted on Gonchar's goal, tying him with Vancouver's Markus Naslund for the NHL's overall scoring lead with 68 points.
Lightning 5, Flyers 2
In Tampa, Florida, Brad Richards and Cory Stillman each had a goal and two assists for the Tampa Bay Lightning in a win over the Philadelphia Flyers.
Fredrik Modin, Martin St. Louis and Dan Boyle scored the other goals for Tampa Bay.
The Southeast Division-leading Lightning, who swept the four-game season series with Philadelphia, are 10-1-1 in the past 12 games.
Mark Recchi and Tony Amonte scored for the Flyers, who have dropped two straight after a five-game winning streak.
Atlantic Division-leading Philadelphia also had its seven-game road unbeaten streak end.
Bruins 5, Maple Leafs 2
In Toronto, Glen Murray had a goal and an assist, and Boston moved within a point of Toronto for first place in the Northeast Division.
Maple Leafs backup goalie Trevor Kidd struggled again, allowing five goals on 26 shots.
Mike Knuble, Andy Hilbert, Ted Donato and Joe Thornton scored for the Bruins, who led 5-1 early in the second.
The Bruins have recorded at least a point in 10 straight games. Toronto and Ottawa each have 76 points.
Owen Nolan and Matt Stajan scored for the Maple Leafs, who were booed as they left the ice.
Thrashers 4, Canadiens 1
In Montreal, Ilya Kovalchuk had a goal and an assist, and Frantisek Kaberle, Patrik Stefan and Dany Heatley also scored to lead Atlanta over Montreal.
Pasi Nurminen made 29 saves for Atlanta, which won for the second time in three games following a 10-game winless streak.
Montreal's Jan Bulis opened the scoring but the Canadiens allowed four straight goals to extend their losing streak to a season-high four games. Jose Theodore stopped 21 shots and made a huge blunder on a clearing attempt that led directly to Stefan scoring a power-play goal into an unguarded net.
Theodore tried to play a puck behind his net while Patrice Brisebois was in the penalty box for interference, but he flipped his backhand pass off the back of the mesh.
Rattled, the Canadiens goalie swatted the puck in front of the net to Stefan, who promptly scored his eighth of the season.
Wild 4, Devils 4, OT
In East Rutherford, New Jersey, Brian Gionta scored his second goal with 6:27 remaining in regulation to lift New Jersey into a tie with Minnesota.
Eric Rasmussen and Paul Martin also scored, and Scott Gomez had three assists for the Devils.
Marian Gaborik had his sixth career hat trick, and Sergei Zholtok scored for the seventh time in the last seven games for Minnesota. Zholtok has goals in six of the last seven games.
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