Brad Marchand appears to intentionally injure a Leafs defenseman; no penalty call on the play

With less than a minute to go in the first period of Thursday's matchup against the Boston Bruins, Liljegren found himself engaged in a puck race with Bruins winger Brad Marchand. Unfortunately for Liljegren, Marchand got his stick between Liljegren's feet and hooked one of his legs out from under him, sending the young blueliner crashing hard into the end boards feet first.

Liljegren remained on the ice for a few moments, attempting to make it back to his feet, but was nearly unable to, clearly labouring. The worst part about it? Despite the fact that it was a clear cut penalty, the officials opted not to penalize Marchand on the play. For those wondering who tonight's officiating team is, it's Francois St. Laurent and none other than Wes McCauley.

Liljegren did glide off the ice under his own power, but needed the help of the trainers once he got to the bench to make his way down the tunnel. Not good news for a Leafs team who is already down a top-4 defenseman in Jake McCabe. It's even worse when you consider that they'll now likely be forced to rely a little more on John Klingberg than they maybe would have liked to.