Linesman Ryan Daisy needed help getting off the ice at the Bell Centre tonight, and Canadiens forward Jake Evans was one of the players who gave it.
Daisy took an awkward fall following a faceoff, and Evans and Owen Beck helped him off, according to Stu Cowan.
The broadcast shows the linesman down near the faceoff circle with a trainer kneeling beside him as Sabres and Canadiens players gather around.
There's no word yet on the nature of the injury, and it isn't worth guessing.
That's the best of hockey in one shift. Two players set the game aside for a minute and took care of the guy in stripes.
It's like strangers stopping to help someone who slipped on an icy sidewalk. Nobody asks which team you cheer for.
Linesmen spend their nights in the middle of everything and rarely get thanked for it.
Here is the very scary clip :
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Scary scenes in Montreal as trainer attends to linesman down on the ice
Evans has yet to record a point this season on a $2,850,000 cap hit.
Beck hadn't dressed for Montreal yet this season before tonight.
Kirby Dach and Olen Zellweger were among the players standing nearby in the frame.
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The game itself pits the 2-2-1 Canadiens against the 3-3-0 Sabres.
Montreal has allowed 19 goals in five games, so a tight one would suit Martin St-Louis just fine.
Montreal is coming off Saturday's shootout win over Detroit, when Jacob Fowler stopped all 30 shots.
Buffalo arrives off Monday's 5-3 win over Florida, and Tage Thompson leads the Sabres with 7 points.
Rasmus Dahlin remains out until at least Oct 15.
Nick Suzuki leads Montreal with 7 points of his own.
The Bell Centre has already seen plenty of chippy hockey this month, from a misconduct to a penalty that didn't hold up on replay.
How does a crew get through the rest of a game one man short?
These teams meet again Saturday in Montreal, after the Canadiens visit Washington on Wednesday.
The scoreboard will say who won tonight. The moment people remember might be two players helping a linesman to the bench.
Should the NHL give its officials more protection on faceoffs?
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