BROSSARD, Que. — Montreal Canadiens defenceman David Schlemko will be out up to six weeks with a knee injury, head coach Claude Julien said Friday.
Julien said Schlemko injured his knee in Montreal's 5-3 loss to visiting Toronto on Wednesday.
The injury is a blow to a Canadiens team missing top defenceman Shea Weber to off-season knee surgery and otherwise considered to be thin on the blue line.
Schlemko missed the first 25 games last season after suffering a broken hand on the first day of training camp. He played 37 games with the Canadiens last season, scoring a goal and adding four assists while posting a plus-3 rating.
The Canadiens acquired the 31-year-old Edmonton native from Vegas last off-season in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the 2019 draft.
The Canadian Press
