The Vancouver Canucks' Filip Chytil left an NHL preseason game after crashing into the boards following a fluke collision with referee Riley Brace.
Yahoo Sports · September 25, 2026

Chytil was forechecking in the first period when his skate blade got tangled with the skate of referee Riley Brace. Chytil went crashing into the boards shoulder first and appeared to hit his head on the ice. Brace also went flying.
Both got up, Brace slowly, though Chytil later went to the dressing room. The Canucks announced that Chytil wouldn't return to the game, though they didn't specify his injury.
The Canucks said Chytil wouldn't return to the game but did not disclose the injury.
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